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October 6, 2010 C-1984-067/Coal Gulch Mine TAK <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />NA - Air Resource Protection NA - Roads <br />NA - Availability of Records R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence <br />NA - Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife NA - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Hydrologic Balance N -Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste NA -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Coal Gulch Mine conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. No one else was present. <br />The permit for this mine was revoked more than 10 years ago. DRMS's IML program had reclamation <br />work done on the site in September 1994. DRMS reduced annual inspection frequency for this site to <br />one complete inspection and three partial inspections in 2007. <br />The Division has issued a proposed decision to terminate its regulatory jurisdiction over the Coal Gulch <br />site and the public comment period has not yet expired. The Division initiated the surety <br />release/termination of jurisdiction process in 2008 by sampling vegetation on the site. Vegetation was <br />sampled a second time in 2009. The Division conducted a surety release/termination of jurisdiction <br />inspection in May 2010. <br />The ground was dry during this inspection and the entire site was accessible. No changes were found on <br />the site, compared to the previous DRMS inspection a few weeks earlier. No problems were found on <br />the site. <br />The southwest part of the site is being used by an unknown party for various construction materials and <br />equipment. Most of these items were removed in the summer of 2009, while a shop area has been <br />constructed immediately east of the site. The construction materials and equipment were first placed on <br />the site between the December 2006 and March 2007 inspections. An unknown party (perhaps the <br />landowner) has also constructed a gravel road approximately 20 feet wide that extends several hundred feet into <br />the site from the highway. A cable at the highway blocks vehicle into the site on the new road. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 4