_INSPECTION - C1981019 ‎(43)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 6/3/2008
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE
Colowyo C-1981-019
3 June 2008
Pg 1/5
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 partial inspection of the Colowyo Mine conducted by Jim Stark of CDRMS.
The inspection was conducted on 3 and 4 June 2008. Kurtis Blunt of CCC
accompanied me on 3 June 2008 and an intern, Kyle Eitel, accompanied me on 4
June 2008. The mine was actively mining coal and hauling coal to the loadout at the
time of the inspection. The weather warm and sunny and the ground was mostly dry
om 3 June 2008 and it was raining and muddy on 4 June 2008.
Signs and Markers: - All of the necessary signs were in place as required at the time
of the inspection. Mine ID signs were in place at the main entrance and at all of the
ponds along Colorado Highway 13 as required. Colowyo has a mine identification
sign at the access point (by the Sturgeon house) along Colorado Highway 13, which
is the access point to the Section 28 Pond.
Roads: - The mine access road and haul road to the Gossard Loadout is a paved
road. The road was well maintained and in good condition.
- The haul roads in the East and West pit areas were dry and appeared to be well
maintained and stable at the time of the inspection. No erosional problems were
noted on these roads. There was some dust on the roads but the operator was
actively watering the roads on 3 June 2008 (no water was needed on 4 June 2008 as
it was raining).
- The light-use roads around the Gossard Loadout and to the rail loop were dry and
appeared to be well maintained and in good condition at the time of the inspection.
- The haul roads in the Bower project area (topsoil removal) are well maintained and
appear to be stable. These roads are in the Taylor Draw and along the west edge of
the Section 16 Pit. There is also a new haul road that was constructed just south of
the existing Section 16 Pit. This road is for continued topsoil removal operations in
advance of the mining in the South Taylor area. The operator is in the process of
widening and leveling the road through the Section 16 Pit, as this will eventually be
the main haul road for coal removal from the South Taylor Pit area.
- The light-use road to the Section 16 Pond and reclamation (a spur off of the Bower
haul road to the topsoil stockpile) was impassable at the time of the inspection. The
road appeared to be dry but once we entered the road we realized that it was just
the top that had crusted over and the road underneath was actually about 12"+ of
mud. We ended up getting stuck and were not able to progress to the Section 16
Pond area.
- The light-use roads in the East Pit reclamation area were all mostly dry. There was
some minor rutting and rilling from the winter but overall these roads appeared to be
stable and were in good condition.