2010-05-10_REPORT - C1981018

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: REPORT
• Doc Date: 5/10/2010
• Doc Name: 1st Quarter 2010 Coal Wastebank Inspection Report Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Blue Mountain Energy, Inc
• Permit Index Doc Type: Waste Pile/Fill Report
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O R A D O
Colorado 80203
Denver D I V IS I ON OF
,
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING
SAFETY
May 10, 2010
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Mr. Scott Wanstedt Governor
Environmental Engineer James B. Martin
Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. Executive Director
Loretta E. Pirieda
3607 CR 65 Director
Rangely, CO 81648 -? - - "
RE: Deserado Mine, C1981-018, First Quarter 2010 Coal Processing Waste Bank Inspection Report and First
Quarter Subsidence Monitoring Report.
Dear Mr. Wanstedt:
The Division received Blue Mountain Energy's (BME) First Quarter 2010 Coal Processing Waste Bank
Inspection Report and First Quarter 2010 Subsidence Monitoring Report on April 27, 2010.
Coal Processing Waste Banks at the Deserado Mine consist of "sub-areas" 1, combined 2/3/4, and 5A. The
Coal Processing Waste Bank Inspection Report documents waste bank construction that occurred during the
first quarter 2010, and was conducted by or under the direction of Colorado Registered Engineer, Mr. William
C. Lepro. The Report documents that inspections were conducted bi-weekly during the quarter.
During winter months, BME does not conduct compaction of the coal waste material. Instead the material is
stockpiled to allow it to drain and dry. Then in the spring and summer the stockpiled waste material is spread
and compacted. No compaction activities or tests were conducted during first quarter 2010. No signs of
instability of the waste banks were identified in the first quarter report.
BME's first quarter 2010 report documents that the top-soil and subsoil stockpiles for sub-areas 1, 2/3/4, and
5A have been seeded, vegetation established on these piles and the vegetative growth appears adequate to
control erosion.
The Coal Processing Waste Banks appear to be constructed in accordance with Permit-Section III.B.3 and
Maps 77A and 150. This report complies with Rules 4.10.2 and 4.09.1(11)(a), and Rule 4.09.1(11)(b).
This report also fulfills the First Quarter 2010 Subsidence Monitoring Report for County Road 65. BME
reports that longwall mining did not occur under County Road 65 during the quarter. No recent impacts from
subsidence were observed.
Sincerely,
JanekBs
otection Specialist II
Envil Pr
7 ext. 8107
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