_INSPECTION - C1983059 ‎(29)‎

• Permit No: C1983059
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 12/2/2008
• Email Name: JJD
• 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 conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the
operator,the Terror Creek Company, during the field inspection.The area received a soaking rain recently so
the permit area was wet.
Signs and Markers
The mine ID signs contained the required information and were located at the main entrance,east side entrance
and along the road near the railroad crossing.
Roads
The paved entrance road was in good condition, as was the east side graveled entrance road and the trackside
light use road.
HydroloQy
The dugout sediment pond on the west side of the permit area was completely dry. The riprapped single open
channel spillway was functional.The sediment pond on the east side of the permit area had a very small amount
of standing water in it. The pond embankment was well vegetated.The grassed emergency spillway and the
primary pipe were in place. The gate on the primary pipe was closed.
The straw bales and silt fence along the railroad track small area exemption were in place. The sediment control
ditches had sufficient capacity.
Topsoil
The topsoil stockpile on the west side of the permit area had a good vegetative cover.The collection/diversion
berm around the stockpile was in place.The topsoil signs were up. The east side topsoil stockpile also had a
good cover of vegetation on it.The stockpile's collection ditch and the diversion ditch were in place.Topsoil
signs were up on this stockpile as well.There were no signs of erosional gullying on either topsoil stockpile.
Facilities
The inspection was conducted after the crushing and screening operations and the loading of the railcars had
ended for the day. However,coal haul trucks were unloading to a coal stockpile adjacent to the grizzly. There
was a fair volume of coal that was stockpiled on the facilities bench. Several railcars filled with coal were in the
loading area. However,there were no signs of fugitive dust going offsite.There was a black stain on the
highway at the entrance to the loadout but it was not a problem.
There were no indications of any problems at the loadout office, substation,material storage area,fuel facility
and the coal haul truck unloading and rail car loading structures at the loadout.
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