_INSPECTION - C1981042 ‎(9)‎

• Permit No: C1981042
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DRMS
• Inspection Date: 5/18/2010
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

May 25, 2010
Arness-.McGriffin Mine, DRMA Permit C-81-042
Full Phase III (Final) Bond Release
May 18, 2010
Participants:
Tom Kaldenbach, Colorado Division.of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS)
Jim Fulton, Office of Surface Mining (OSM),
Christina Hulsman, Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
Weather Conditions: Overcast, cool
DRMS conducted the bond release/termination of jurisdiction inspection on May 18;2010. The
inspection was originally scheduled for December 9, 2010, but was postponed due to winter
weather conditions.
DRIVIS prepared a bond release application package for the Arness-McGriffin revoked site and
found the package to be complete on November 16, 2009. The land surface is privately owned.
The coal that was mined was state-owned. The permit area encompassed 40 acres, of which
approximately 5 acres of land surface were disturbed.
The Division's Inactive Mined Lands Program reclaimed the disturbed area in 1989 and 1990.
Work was conducted by private contractors. In 2000, the Division had a private contractor
install a post and cable guardrail next to the road in the portal face-up area. All the funds from
the forfeiture of bond associated with Minerals Program permit, 77-3 ug/c, have been utilized.
The slope around the portal face-up area appears erosionally stable. This area is frequently
used by hunters and for target practicing. These people are not having a long-term affect on the.
stability or integrity of the reclamation. The guardrail is in adequate condition, with some
evidence of termite damage on a few of the posts. The guardrail is in place for the safety of
those accessing the Perins Peak State Wildlife Area. The access road is gullied and passable only
by four-wheel drive vehicles.