_INSPECTION - C1980007 ‎(39)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 5/15/2008
• Email Name: TAK
• 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 inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. Henry Barbe of Mountain
Coal Company represented the operator. Snow had melted from the site and the ground was dry.
Photographs taken during the inspection are attached to the end of this report. With the operator's
consent,this report was issued from the Denver office of DRMS.
The longwall was active in Panel 18. Development work was in progress for panel E-1.
Availability of Records
All required records were on file in the mine office (see attached list).
Signs and Markers
Mine i.d. signs were properly displayed at the two entrances on Highway 133. Topsoil markers were
properly displayed on topsoil stockpiles seen during the inspection(as listed in the discussion of
Topsoil, below). Stream buffer markers were in place in Sylvester Gulch. The affected area boundary
was properly marked by signs around the perimeter of the disturbed area in the main surface facilities
area.
Roads
Road surfaces, embankments, and road ditches and culverts were in good repair in the main surface
facilities area and in Sylvester Gulch.
Hydrologic Balance
The following sediment control ponds contained water, but were not discharging: M13-2R(outfall
004), MB-3 (outfall 005), SG-1 (outfall 014), and MB-4 (outfall 008). The discharge structures,
embankments, and inslopes of these ponds appeared in good condition.
Clear mine water was being discharged into Sylvester Gulch from outfall 017 at a rate estimated to be a
few cfs. The mine water was mixing with natural flow from the east fork of Sylvester Gulch. Natural
springs were flowing from colluvial material on hillsides in Sylvester Gulch.
Unlined ditches next to Sylvester Gulch Road and around shaft sites in the Gulch were in good repair.
The operator's representative explained that a consultant will be conducting a preventative
maintenance survey of ditches on the site.
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