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<br />New Elk Mine <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: <br />NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Development Waste Disposal Area <br />Inspection Period: Second Quarter 2009 <br />Inspection Date: <br />7/9/2009 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The Development Waste Disposal Area is located south of State Highway 12 and west of <br />the main facility Access Road. It is adjacent to and north of the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. The area has been used for disposal of waste rock from the underground <br />mine. Since mine closure in 1989, the area has been used for disposal of sediment removed <br />from ponds and ditches located within the mine permit area. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />The area was idle during the inspection. <br />Site is in typical early summer condition; soil moisture is limited,but improving due to recent <br />rainfall. Showers have been light resulting in minimal run-off and no erosion. <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 />Positive drainage is maintained on the surface of the DWP. No evidence of springs nor seeps <br />was observed. <br />Observation of Fill Constriction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />Fill construction has been completed. Reclamation of the surface has been completed. <br />Page 1 of 2