_INSPECTION - C1981038 ‎(33)‎

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 11/19/2008
• Email Name: MLT
• 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 an Aerial Inspection of the Bowie No. 1 Mine. Photographs were taken on 19 November
2008 by Harry Ranney of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The digital images were
inspected by Marcia Talvitie of the DRMS.
R.O.M. Pile (Figure 1)
Re-grading of the main footprint of the R.O.M. Pile appeared to be complete. Topsoil had been
distributed, and surface roughening had been accomplished. The northern portion of the area
had been recently hydro-seeded and -mulched, as evidenced by the light green color.
Equipment tracks still remained across the reclaimed surface. There was no apparent change in
the access road or the sedimentation pond.
East Mine (Figure 2)
A great deal of progress has been made in 2008 toward reclamation of the East Mine area. The
Upper (Fan) Bench has been filled and sloped to final grade, and the surface has been
topsoiled, roughened, seeded and mulched. The same is true of the slope below the former
warehouse bench, where the former Crushing / Screening and Material Storage Benches are no
longer visible.
Work was continuing in the area of the D-Seam Portal Bench, bringing the slope up to grade
with material extracted from the slope below the Fan Bench. The former Warehouse / Shop
Bench continues to be utilized by the reclamation contractor as a staging area and for
temporary fuel storage.
The northern end of the West Ridge Coal Mine Waste Pile, which was disturbed earlier in the
reclamation process for receiving coal mine waste from the ROM Pile, has been covered,
topsoiled, roughened, and seeded.
Ponds 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the Sedimentation Pond located downslope from the West Ridge pile
were all dry.
Bowie No. 1 Mine C-1981-038 19-Nov-2008