_INSPECTION - C1980007 ‎(20)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 1/15/2009
• Email Name: TAK
• 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 complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. Henry Barbe of Mountain
Coal Company represented the operator. ]Photographs taken during the inspection are attached to the
end of this report. With the operator's consent, this report was issued from the Denver office of DRMS.
The longwall was active in E-Seam Panel 1. Snow cover limited inspection of ditches, culverts, and
ponds.
Availability of Records
All required records were on file in the mine office(see attached list). The operator's representative
explained that a liability insurance certificate will be requested that reflects notice to the Division of any
changes will be made within 30 days (the certificate on file provides 45 days notice). Rule 2.03.9(3)
does not specify the number of days in which notice of changes must be made,but the Division asks that
certificates specify 30 days.
Signs and Markers
Mine i.d. signs were properly displayed at the two entrances on Highway 133. Topsoil markers were
and affected area boundary markers properly displayed on topsoil stockpiles seen during the inspection
in the main surface facilities area, Sylvester Gulch, the Deer Creek Shaft site, and Monument Dam
borrow area. Stream buffer markers were in place in Sylvester Gulch.
Roads
Road surfaces were in good condition in all areas inspected.
Hydrologic Balance
The following sediment control ponds contained water,but were not discharging: MB-2R(outfall 004),
MB-3 (outfall 005), SG-1 (outfall 014), and MB-4 (outfall 008). MB-1 was discharging less than 100
gpm of clear water. The discharge structures, embankments, and inslopes of these five ponds appeared
in good condition.
Mine water was not being discharged in Sylvester Gulch from outfall 017.
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