_INSPECTION - C1981019 ‎(56)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 7/23/2008
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colowyo C-1981-019
23 July 2008
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Hydrologic Balance (cont.): - Section 16 Pond Ditch (cont.): On this inspection it was
noted that this ditch extension had already been constructed. The topsoil had been
stripped and the ditch had been excavated. This resulted in Notice of Violation CV-
2008-002 being issued. See Section IV of this report and the corresponding Notice of
Violation for more detailed information regarding the violation.
Backfilling and Grading: - The reclamation and backfilling operations in the East Pit
have made little to no progress this summer. The 101 dragline was sitting on the East
Pit highwall at the time of the inspection but it was not operating.
- The top of the West Pit overburden stockpile still needs to be removed to the new
approved elevation as permitted in Technical Revision 63.
- The operator was dumping spoil from the South Taylor Pit to an area north and west
of the West Taylor Fill. It was unclear whether or not this dump location would be the
final destination for this spoil material or whether it would be moved somewhere else
at a later date.
- The borrow area for the Section 28 Pond needs to be regraded, topsoiled and
reseeded before fall this year.
Support Facilities: - The facilities area was in good condition at the time of the
inspection. No problems were noted with the area.
- The Gossard Loadout appeared to be stable and in good condition at the time of
the inspection. No fugitive dust coming from the coal stockpiles or stacker tube at
the time of the inspection.
Topsoil: - The operator, through the contractor Bower Brothers, was still removing
topsoil from the South Taylor Pit area. They were removing it from an area west of the
box-cut area. The topsoil is being stockpiled in a new pile just south of the West Pit
(east of the Section 16 Pit) and next to the pile above the East Pit highwall. The area
was dry and stable at the time of the inspection and the topsoil looked good. It was
noted that Bower was overloading the trucks slightly. There was some spillage from
the trucks when the left the loading area (this material was subsequently picked up
by the excavator operator) and as they traveled to the stockpile (this material was
lost). Bud Bower was advised to back off on the volume a bit so this resource is not
lost. Overall, Bower is doing a very good job with the topsoil stripping operations.
- We walked around the topsoil stockpiles that were along the East Pit Highwall and
Section 16 Pit. These piles all appear to be stable. The piles had perimeter ditches
cut around them to catch any topsoil runoff from the piles. Several of these piles
have been completed and will need to be dressed and seeded this fall.
-Anson (who constructed the West Taylor and Section 28 Ponds) was not working at
the time of the inspection. They are located in the West Taylor Draw to the north and
slightly west of the current South Taylor operations.
- The topsoil that was placed on last year's reclamation and seeded appears to be in
pretty good condition. This area had extensive rilling due to the lack of surface
roughening and extensive runoff this spring. The vegetation is coming in nicely and
this area should end up being alright.