_INSPECTION - C1981019 ‎(47)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 6/15/2010
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE
Colowyo C-1981-019
15 June 10
Pg 1/12
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 complete inspection of the Colowyo Mine conducted by Jim Stark of
CDRMS. This inspection was also a complete oversight inspection of the Colowyo
Mine conducted by Christine Belka of the Office of Surface Mining in Denver. The
inspection was conducted on 15, 16 and 17 June 2010. Christine Belka of OSM was
present on all three days of the inspection. Ryan Pawlowski of CCC accompanied
me on the inspection on the morning of 15 June 2010 and all day on 16 June 2010.
Jennifer Sekulski-Barton accompanied me on the afternoon of 15 June 2010 and all
day on 17 June 2010. The weather was warm and sunny on all three days of the
inspection. It was breezy on all days, with heavier winds on 17 June 2010. Although
Colowyo has had a fair amount of precipitation over the past few weeks, the ground
was dry at the time of the inspection. The mine was active mining but was not
hauling coal to the loadout (due to the ramp-down in production and the large coal
stockpiles from the scheduled outage at the Tri-State Craig Station, Colowyo is
generally only hauling coal to the loadout at night). Colowyo was not actively
loading a train at any time during the inspection but trains were seen going from the
mine to the Craig Station on two mornings.
Availability of Records: - All of the Colowyo records are located in their records room,
which is in the main office building. The blasting records are kept in the blasters
office. The records were checked on the morning of 16 June 2010. All of the
necessary records were available. Please see the DBMS Availability of Records form
at the end of this inspection for more details regarding the Colowyo records.
Signs and Markers: - The mine ID sign was in place at the main entrance to the mine
as well as the entrances to the four ponds along Colorado Highway 13 (Streeter,
Gulch A, Prospect and Section 28). These signs contained all of the necessary
information, including mine name, permit number and contact information. On the
morning of 17 June 2010 the Division conducted its AVS Annual Review Inspection,
per the AVS MOU. The appropriate form was given to Johanna Cramer of DBMS.
- Stream buffer zone signs were in place along Taylor Creek and along Goodspring
Creek at the location of the highway sediment ponds (Streeter, Gulch A and
Prospect).
- The entire mine permit area is defined by barbed wire fencing. There are no
trespassing and blasting area signs periodically along the fence.
- All of the topsoil stockpiles along Haul Roads A and B have a "topsoil stockpile" sign
in place. There are also numerous topsoil stockpiles along the East Side Collection
Ditch and the Streeter South Side Ditch. These piles also had their "topsoil stockpile"
signs in place.