_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.
• The Highway Coal Stockpile (HCS) area is well-vegetated, but the types are not necessarily
desirable. Yellow clover, alfalfa and slender wheat grass appear on the western half (Figure
7), along with mustards, field bindweed, blue flax, and a jointed grass. There:were numerous
Scotch thistles growing at the far western end.
• The middle portion of the HCS area is covered with Russian thistle skeletons and numerous
burrows. The soil contains a high percentage or rocks, and does not appear to be of topsoil
quality.
• The eastern end of the HCS area contains more alfalfa, and looks better (Figure 8). There is a
stand of Whitetop near the sediment pond.
• At the Loadout area, there is Scotch thistle scattered throughout. Russian knapweed
populations observed and treated in 2008 have made a comeback this year, and were
beginning to blossom.
Bowie No. 1 Mine C-1981-038 09-Jun-2009