_INSPECTION - C1981035 ‎(56)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 9/2/2008
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Ill. 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 partial inspection of the King Coal Mine was conducted by DRMS staff from the Durango Office,
located at 701 Camino del Rio, Room 315, Durango, CO 81301, phone [phone]. Operations
were active during the time of the inspection. Three photos accompany this report.
King Coal 1 Mine
Mine identification sign and permit boundary markers were posted.
Sediment clean-out of the large sediment pond, located on the west side of the entrance road, and the
small sediment pond, located on the east side of the entrance road, and the sediment sump for the
east upland diversion ditch, had recently occurred. Portions of the protective vegetative cover for the
pond embankments had been covered with sediment spilt during the clean-out activities. The
infestation of Whitetop, a regulated noxious weed previously established on the embankment for the
large sediment pond, had been buried in the sediment. The embankments appeared intact and
stable. However, the protective vegetative cover for the pond embankment is essential to ensure
stability and must be re-established in accordance with permit conditions. Water was present in both
ponds and well below discharge elevations. No discharge from either pond was noted.
A minor occurrence of Russian knapweed, a regulated noxious weed, was observed on the
embankment for the small sediment pond and nearby the outlet of the east upland diversion ditch.
King Coal 2 Mine
Mine identification sign and permit boundary markers were posted.
The sediment pond was holding water, approximately one foot deep and six feet below the discharge
elevation. No discharge was noted. However, standing water was observed at the outlets of the
primary and secondary spillway, possibly associated with recent flows in the upland diversion ditch.
The low-lying area at the spillway outlet will collect sediment from the upland diversion ditch.
Fuel storage tank was located in a roofed structure with concrete spill containment.