_INSPECTION - C1980001 ‎(10)‎

• Permit No: C1980001
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 12/17/2007
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made
during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was a complete coal inspection conducted by Jason Musick and Dan Hernandez of the Colorado
Division of, Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division) on 17 and18 December 2007. Records were
checked at the Routt County Courthouse on 17 December 2007. The weather was clear and sunny
on 12/18 during the on-the-ground inspection of the site. There was a substantial amount of snow
cover throughout the mine site.
Availability of Records
All required records were on file with five comments noted (see attached checklist). John Weinman of
Hydro-Environmental solutions, Inc. accompanied the records check.
Signs and Markers
The mine I.D. signs were in place at the entrance of the Old Tipple Road entering the mine area to the
south and the North Road entering the mine area from the north.
Roads
The Old Tipple Road, North Road, Lower Moffat Road, Center Ridge Pond Road, West Ridge Pond
Road, and West Ridge Road were covered with a substantial amount of snowfall. Portions of all of
these roads were traversed on foot during the inspection, with the exception of the Old Tipple Road,
and appeared to be stable. No problems were noted. All road culverts were covered with snowfall
and therefore unable to be inspected.
Hydrologic Balance
All sediment ponds contained water with substantial ice and snow cover evident. All embankments
appeared to be stable with no visible signs of erosion or damage.
Moffat pond had a trickle of discharge occurring at the time of the inspection (photo 1). It appeared
that there had been some monitoring of the discharge recently as evidenced by recent snowmobile
tracks at the discharge point of the pond (photo 1). The four Moffat down drains were covered in snow
but appeared stable with no evident signs of damage.
The Center and West Ridge Ponds did not appear to be discharging at the time of the inspection. The
Center Ridge Pond did have water within the discharge culvert but it was not clearly evident of
discharge. There was water flowing in the drainage next to the Center Ridge Pond but it was unclear
as to whether discharge from the pond was contributing to the collection in the diversion due to the
high amount of snowfall. (Photos 2 and 3)
The drainage from the Center Ridge Pond appeared to have a damaged metal crossing at the west
end close to Trout Creek. This metal crossing should be addressed to repair or replace. (Photo 4)
The "string-of-pearls" permanent drainage channel contained a substantial amount of snowfall. The
Northern end (lowest point near the West Ridge Pond) appeared to be stable with no signs of
damage.