2010-11-04_INSPECTION - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 11/4/2010
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DRMS
• Inspection Date: 7/27/2010
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/ POWDERHORN COAL CO. Permit C-041-81 Field Visit 07/27/2010 Continuation Page
Person Number Date
28. Performance Standard Categories
Codes: 1=Compliance, 2=Noncompliance, 3=Not Planned, 4=Not Started, 5=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
A. Administrative D.
1. Mining within Valid Permit
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2. Mining within Bonded Area
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3. Terms & Conditions of Permit
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4. Liability Insurance
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5. Ownership and Control
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6. Temporary Cessation
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7. AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
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8. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay E.
B. Hydrologic Balance
1. 1 Drainage Control
2. Inspections & Certifications
3. 1 Siltation Structures
4. 1 Discharge Structures F.
5. 1 Diversions
6. Effluent Limits
7. Ground Water Monitoring
8. Surface Water Monitoring
9. Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10. Impoundments
11. Stream Buffer Zones G.
C. Topsoil & Subsoil
1._ Removal
2. Substitute Materials
3. Storage and Protection
4. Redistribution
Backfilling & Grading
1._ Exposed Openings
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation
3. 1 Approximate Original Contour
4._ Highwall Elimination
5. 1 Steep Slopes (includes downslope)
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials
7. 1 Stabilization (rills and gullies)
Excess Spoil Disposal
1._ Placement
2. Drainage Control
3. Surface Stabilization
4. Inspections & Certifications
Coal Mine Waste
(Refuse Piles/Impoundments)
1._ Drainage Control
2. Surface Stabilization
3. Placement
4. Inspections and Certifications
5. Impounding Structures
Use Of Explosives - 1)
1._ Blaster Certification -
2._ Distance Prohibitions - 2)
3. - Blast Survey/Schedule -
4._ Warnings & Records - 3)
5. Control of Adverse Effects -
Performance Standard Catagories
30 CFR Counterpart
A. Administrative .................................. ...........................
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1. Valid Permit ................................................... ..................................773.11
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2. Mining within Bonded Area .................. ..............................773.11
3. Terms & Conditions of Permit ............... ..............................773.17
4. Liability Insurance .................................. ..............................800.60
5. Ownership and Control ........................... .............................778.13
6. Temporary Cessation ..............................
7. AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent ....... 842.11(e) & 816/817.131
.........................870.15(b)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ............ .........................870.15(a)
B. Hydrologic Balance ........................... ...........(816/817.41-57)
1. Drainage Control .................................... .....................................45
2. Inspections & Certifications ................... ..........................49(a)(10)
3. Siltation Structures ................................. .....................................46
4. Discharge Structures .............................. .....................................47
5. Diversions ............................................... ....................................43
6. Effluent Limits ............................................................................42
1. Ground Water Monitoring ...................... ................................41(c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring ...................... ................................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid - Toxic Materials ........... ................................41(f)
10. Impoundments ........................................ ....................................49
11. Stream Buffer Zones .............................. .....................................57
C. Topsoil & Subsoil ...............................................(816/817.22)
1. Removal ..................................................................................22(a)
2. Substitute Materials .................................................................22(c)
3. Storage and Protection .............................................................22(c)
4. Redistribution ..........................................................................22(d)
E. Excess Spoil Disposal ...........................................(816/817.71-74)
1. Placement ............................................................... ............................71(e)
2. Drainage Control ................................................... .............................71 0
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3. Surface Stabilization .............................................. .............................71
g)
4. Inspections & Certifications .................................. ............................71(h)
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Piles/Impoundments) ,,,,,(816/817.81-84)
1. Drainage Control ................................................... ............................83(a)
2. Surface Stabilization .............................................. ............................83(b)
3. Placement ................................................................ ...........................83(c)
4. Inspections and Certifications ................................. ..........................83(d)
5. Impounding Structures ...........................................................................84
G. Use of Explosives .................................................. (816/817.61-68)
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4.
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D. Backfilling & Grading ..............................(816/817.95-107) K
1. Exposed Openings .....................816/817.13, 14, 15, & 823.11 & 21 L.
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation ..................................................100
3. Approximate Original Contour ..........................................102(a)(1)
4. Highwall Elimination .........................................................102(a)(2)
5. Steep Slopes (includes downslope) ............................................107 M.
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials ......................................102(c)
7. Stabilization (rills and gullies) ..................................................95(b)
Revised December 4, 1998 Page 2 of
Blaster Certification ...........................................................................61(c)
Distance Prohibitions ................................................. ........................61(d)
Blast Survey/Schedule ............................................... ........................62-64
Warnings & Records ................................................. .....................66 & 68
Control of Adverse Effects ........................................ .............................67
Subsidence Control Plan ................................. ........(817.121-122)
Roads ................................................................ .(816/817.150-151)
Road Construction ..................................................... ......................150(c)
Certification ............................................................... .......................151(a)
Drainage ..................................................................... ..........150 b)-151 d)
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Surfacing and Maintenance ..................................................150(e)-151
d)
Reclamation ............................................................... .......................150(f)
Signs & Markers ............................................. ..........(816/817.11)
Signs .......................................................................... ........... I I (a),(b),&(c)
Markers ...................................................................... 1 l (a),(b),(d),(e),&(f)
Distance Prohibitions ...................................... .................(761.11)
Revegetation .....................................................(816/817.111-116)
Vegetative Cover ....................................................... ................1 l 1 & 116
Timing ....................................................................... ...........................113
Postmining Land Use ...................................... ........(816/817.133)
H. _Subsidence Control Plan
1. Roads
1. 1 Road Construction
2. Certification
3. 1 Drainage
4. 1 Surfacing and Maintenance
5. Reclamation
J. Signs & Markers
1. Signs
2. Markers
K. _Distance Prohibitions
L. Revegetation
1. 1 Vegetative Cover
2. 1 Timing
M. 1 Postmining Land Use
N. Other
General
Performance
Catagory