_INSPECTION - C1981038 ‎(51)‎

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 6/9/2009
• 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 a Partial Inspection of the Bowie No. 1 Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the
Colorado DRMS on the afternoon of 09 June 2009. The day commenced at the BRL office at
1:15 p.m., when I notified Basil Bear that I would be conducting an inspection. Areas covered
during the inspection were the Loadout, the Highway Coal Stockpile Area, and the ongoing
reclamation work at the East Mine. The weather was cloudy and sprinkling.
Roads
• Narrowing of the East Mine haul road has been completed as far as the first turn (Figure 1).
An additional segment has been narrowed and realigned at the hairpin turn further up the
hill. This process was continuing up the road.
• The road to the West Mine had been recently graded and was in good shape.
• The road to the Highway Coal Stockpile area was dry and drivable.
Hydrologic Balance
• Silt fence and/or straw bales have been installed on the downhill side of al! areas disturbed
for the haul road narrowing project (Figure 2).
• Water was visible in Ponds 1, 2 and 3 and the West Ridge pond (Figure 3).
• It appeared that a sizable precipitation event had occurred recently. There was evidence
of runoff from the D-Seam Portal slope, into the roadside ditch, and down the steep
riprapped channel across the reclaimed crushing/screening bench. All runoff was
contained within the permit boundary: the system of ditches and ponds appeared to have
functioned successfully.
• Throughout the East Mine, erosion and sediment control was excellent. Ditches had been
graded, culvert inlets were protected, silt fence was installed, and many slopes have been
roughened.
Backfill & Grading
• Material excavated in the road narrowing process and also from the roadside ditch above
the former D-Seam Portals was being hauled to the former Warehouse Bench to backfill the
area (Figure 4).
Reveaetation and Weeds
• Vegetative growth was appearing on the upper slopes at the East Mine that were seeded in
2008. Grasses and some annual weeds were observed (Figure 5).
• The topsoil hauled in from the well field and placed on the slope below the warehouse
bench is supporting rapid growth of a number of annual weeds and some grasses. Some
Whitetop was observed,which is a noxious weed that needs to be treated accordingly.
• Slopes and light use roads around Ponds 1 and 2 had been hydro-mulched and seeded.
• Russian knapweed was growing on the cut slope above the West Mine access road. There
was a large stand of Canada thistle on the slope below the road (above Pond W-1).
• The reclaimed slope at the West Mine, viewed from a distance, appeared to be green and
well-vegetated (Figure 6).
Bowie No. 1 Mine C-1981-038 09-Jun-2009