_INSPECTION - C1981041 ‎(23)‎

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 10/7/2008
• Email Name: MPB
• 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 partial inspection and a Phase I bond release inspection of a portion of the Roadside
Portals Mine conducted on October 7, 2008 by Mike Boulay and Sandra Brown of the Division
of Reclamation, Mining and Safety(DRMS). Mr. Brant Harrison landowner and Ms. Tonya
Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company(SCC) were present during the entire inspection. Mr. Jim
Stover of J.E. Stover& Associates, Inc. was present for a portion of the inspection. Weather
conditions were clear and cool and ground conditions were dry throughout most of the site at the
time of the inspection. The entire Phase I bond release area was accessible.
The total permit area at the Roadside Mine encompasses 3,016 acres. The primary focus of this
inspection was a Phase I bond release request of 18 reclaimed acres located within an area
referred to as the South Portals. The bond release also included several small outlying areas
including the A Substation, Light Use Road#1, and two small regraded areas associated with the
overland conveyor tube/bridge structure that has been removed. All of these features are shown
on the exhibit titled "Bond Exhibit Acres Nominated For Release" submitted with bond release
application.
This Phase I bond release inspection was conducted pursuant to SCC's Phase I Bond Release
Application(SL-04) submitted July 10, 2008. During the inspection,participants walked through
the majority of the South Portals area subject to the bond release request, to allow for visual
assessment of compliance with pertinent requirements, including backfilling and grading, site
stability,blending of regraded land to undisturbed areas, and drainage control. The inspection
began at the northern end of the bond release request area and proceeded to the south and ended
at A Substation. Several features have been approved as permanent structures at the South Portal
area and are described below in the following sections of this report.
Roads
One access road is located in the bond release request area and is shown in the permit application
package(PAP) on Exhibit 6C, Roadside South Portal Post Mining Topography. Access Road
#IA was approved as a permanent road with PR-3 and is discussed on page 13-3 of Tab 13 in the
PAP. A cross-section is provided on Exhibit 26. The surface of the road is gravel and the width
is 20 feet. The road is well constructed and found to be in good condition(see attached
Photograph No. 1).
One light use road(Light Use Road#1)was included in the bond release area. This road has
been fully reclaimed. The reclaimed portion of which is shown on Exhibit 6C located on either
side of the RSRDA Borrow Area. The road surface was covered with topsoil and the road
surface reseeded. The road was reclaimed to conform to adjacent terrain and blend with the