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<br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1 (11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: Southfield Mine <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area <br />Inspection Period: Third Quarter 2008 <br />Inspection Date: October 10, 2008 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The refuse area lies west of the main facilities area. Refuse has been placed in designed lifts <br />on a relatively fiat terrain. Upslope runoff is diverted away from the disposal area, while runoff <br />from the disturbed area is channeled to a sediment control pond. The mine is in final <br />reclamation and all areas have been sloped to final grade, covered with topsoil, and seeded <br />and mulched. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and/or <br />discharge, integrity of 100-year 24-hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />Ali required underdrain construction has been completed. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />No refuse placement has occurred since December of 2000. Prior to cessation of mining, waste <br />material was placed in alternating lifts of fine and coarse material in accordance with the plan as <br />described in the TerraMatrix report dated December 5, 1996. <br />Activity During Inspection: