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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br />evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash and Marcia Talvitie of the Colorado DRMS. Bill Bear <br />represented the operator. The longwall is down until the development mining can be finished, which will be in <br />June. The continuous miners are supplying the coal for shipment. <br />Hubbard Creek Vent Shaft Area <br />The operator had improved the county road up Hubbard Creek so that the large machinery needed for <br />constructing the vent shaft could be brought in. The vent shaft is being constructed in two phases. The first <br />phase is for a contractor to construct an 18 foot diameter collar that is about 100 feet deep. The second phase is <br />for a different contractor to construct a smaller diameter hole down to the B seam. The 18 foot diameter collar <br />was being constructed using a rig and crane but had to be stopped due to a cave-in in the hole. The cuttings are <br />being hauled to the Bowie No. 2 Mine coal waste stockpile. <br />The sediment control system was functioning well. The pad was dry and the silt fence and straw bales were in <br />place. The upland diversion ditch had sufficient capacity and the riprap was in place at the southern section of <br />the ditch. The surface disturbance markers were up around the disturbed area. The mine ID sign was up, as were <br />the stream buffer zone signs. No new work has been done on the rock catchment berm since the room on the pad <br />is needed for the shaft construction machinery. The entrance road to the pad was armored with rock. There was <br />only a little water in the mud pit. The mud pit will be used when the smaller diameter shaft is drilled. <br />The recently drilled D seam monitoring hole is located along the Hubbard Creek road about 300 feet upgradient <br />of the vent shaft pad. The disturbance was minimal and no problems were noted. <br />Main Mine Site <br />There was very little coal stockpiled on either the main coal stockpile bench next to the highway or on the D- <br />seam portal bench. The berm was in place on the outside edge of the main coal stockpile bench. The haul road <br />was being watered and there were no indications of fugitive dust going offsite. The mine id sign was up at the <br />entrance. <br />There was only a small volume of standing water in pond B. The culverts and ditches at the mine entrance area <br />that lead into pond B were functional. New straw bales were in place in the ditch at the mine entrance. The <br />vegetative cover on the main topsoil stockpile was good. The topsoil stockpile signs were up. The operator has <br />stabilized the small slide in the cut slope above the wash plant. The slide in the cut slope above the B-seam <br />portal bench was also stabilized. <br />Coal Waste Stockpile Area <br />The outslope of coal waste stockpile no. 2 appeared to be stable. There were no indications of erosional <br />problems or slope instability. The coverfill stockpile also appeared to be stable. There was only a little water in <br />pond D and in pond F. <br />Pumphouse <br />New straw bales are in place at the pumphouse. <br />c:/word/bowie2/insp0408 <br />