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QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT COI Y <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) RECEIVED <br />SEP 16 1004 <br />Mine: Raton Creek Division ~f Minerals and Geology <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area <br />Inspection Period: Second Quarter 2004 <br />Inspection Date: 06/01/04 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />Raton Creek Mine is in final reclamation. All required structures have been removed, <br />the area brought to final grade, mulched and seeded. Areas of lesser vegetation <br />density were inter-seeded in 2000. <br />Activity During Inspection (Including General Observations): <br />Area was inactive thoughout the quarter. Sprayed a small patch of White Top, a noxious <br />weed, located south of the prep plant and west of an old explosives bunker. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction <br />and/or discharge, integrity of 100-yr 24-hr drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage is established <br />on all areas. Vegetation has been established on reclaimed areas with some tilling on more <br />sparsely vegetated areas. Drainage and diversion structures were operational. <br />Underdrain construction has been completed. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, <br />slopes, and construction methods). <br />Structure has been completed to final grade. No additional material placement is anticipated. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />