_INSPECTION - C1981017 ‎(24)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.
• Inspection Date: 9/21/1983
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. Comments - Compliance
Below are particular issues with regard to any of the compliance items .
Enforcement actions resulting from failure to comply with the Act, Rules
and Regulations, and the permit also are identified below.
4.02- Signs and Markers
The perimeter markers have been changed as requested in the previous
inspection. The old permit number (77-419) has been erased from the
signs.
4.03 Roads
1 ) The berm on the outside edge of the Mine 4 road should be repaired
to keep water from flowing over the road embankment. It was evident that
water had breached the. berm in several places .
2) Several culverts were found to be plugged at the inlet. These
culverts are:
a) The first culvert below Mine 4
b) The first culvert below Mine 1.
c) The first culvert north and the first culvert south of Coal
Creek on the Mine 5 road.
d) The first culvert above the Rock Tunnel on Mines 3 and 5 road.
In addition, the inlets to the culverts below the lower bin of Mine 3
must be repaired, and the second culvert above the Rock Tunnel on the
Mines 3 and, 5 road must be plugged-.
4.04 Support Facilities.
Thickener from the wash plant had been purged into the slurry pond
directly west of the wash plant just prior to or at the beginning _of this
inspection. Some of the slurry material had overtopoed a low spot in the
embankment of the impoundment on the northwest side. This slurry flowed
into an undisturbed area (tree grove) near the pond. The overflow area
measured approximately 20 ft. x 30 ft. with approximately 6 inches of
slurry around the trees. Notice of Violation No. 83-27 was issued for
failure to maintain the impoundment.
4.05 Hydrologic Balance
1 ) The berm on the south side of the Mine 2 coal stockpile had been
extended to direct runoff water away from Dutch Creek.