2010-11-04_INSPECTION - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 11/4/2010
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DRMS
• Inspection Date: 10/5/2010
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

U. S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Mine Site Evaluation State Program
Permittee/ WESTERN FUELS - Permit C-008-81 Field Visit 10/05/2010 Continuation Page
Person Number Date
28. Performance Standard-Cate gories
Codes: 1=Compliance, 2=Noncompliance, 3=Not Planned, 4=Not Started, 5=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
IA.
IB.
C.
Administrative
1. 1 Mining within Valid Permit
2. 1 Mining within Bonded Area
3. 1 Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. 1 Liability Insurance
5. 1 Ownership and Control
6, Temporary Cessation
7. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
8. -
_ AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
Hydrologic Balance .
1. 1 Drainage Control
2. 1 Inspections & Certifications
3. 1 Siltation Structures
4. 1 Discharge Structures
5. 1 Diversions
6. Effluent Limits
7. Ground Water Monitoring
8. Surface Water Monitoring
9. Drainage -- Acid-Toxic Materials
10. 1 Impoundments
11. Stream Buffer Zones
Topsoil & Subsoil
1. 1 Removal
2. 1 Substitute Materials
3. 1 Storage and Protection
D. Backfilling & Grading Subsidence Control Plan
H.
1. Exposed Openings -
I. Roads
2. 1 Contemporaneous Reclamation 1. 1 Road Construction
3. - Approximate Original Contour 2. Certification
4. Highwall Elimination 3. Drainage
5. Steep Slopes (includes downslope) 4. 1 Surfacing and Maintenance
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials g, 1 Reclamation
7. Stabilization (rills and gullies) J. Signs & Markers
E. Excess Spoil Disposal 1. 1 Sims
1. - Placement 2. 1 Markers
2. - Drainage Control K. 1 Distance Prohibitions
3. Surface Stabilization etation
L. Reve
4. _ Inspections & Certifications g
1. Vegetative Cover
F. Coal Mine Waste 2. Timing
(Refuse Piles/Impoundments)
1 _ M. Postminin; Land Use
1. Drainage Control -
2. 1 Surface Stabilization N. Other
3. 1 Placement General
4. Inspections and Certifications Performan ce
5. Impounding Structures Catagory
G. Us e Of Explosives 1)
1. Blaster Certification - _
2. _ Distance Prohibitions 2)
3. _ Blast Survey/Schedule - _
4. _ Warnings & Records _ )
5. Control of Adverse Effects -
Performance Standard Catagories
30 CFR Counterpart
A. Administrative ................................. ........................................
1. Valid Permit ................................................... ..................................773.11
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 ..........:.................. .842.11(e) & 816/817.131
7. AML Rec. Fees - Non-Respondant ....... .........................870.15(b)
8. AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay ........... ..........................870.15(a)
Hydrologic Balance ......................................(816/817.41-57)
B
.
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
7. Ground Water Monitoring ..................... .................................41(c)
8. Surface Water Monitoring ..................... .................................41(e)
9. Drainage--Acid - Toxic Materials .......... .................................41(0
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(f)
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)
1. Blaster Certification ................................................ ...........................61(c)
2. Distance Prohibitions .............................................. ...........................61(d)
3. Blast Survey/Schedule ............................................. ..........................62-64
4. Warnings & Records .............................................. ........................66 & 68
5. Control of Adverse Effects ..................................... ................................67
H. Subsidence Control Plan .........................................(817.121-122)
1. Roads .............................................................. ...(816/817.150-151)
1. Road Construction ...........................................................................150(c)
2. Certification .....................................................................................151(a)
3. Drainage ............................................................ ...... ............. 150(b)-151(d)
4. Surfacing and Maintenance ..................................... .............150(e)-151(d)
5. Reclamation ............................................................ ..........................150(f)
J
Signs & Markers .......................................................(816/817.11)
1. Signs ................................... ..................................................II(a),(b),&(c)
2. Markers ............................... .......................................I I(a),(b),(d),(e),&(f)
Distance Prohibitions .......................................................(761.11)
Revegetation ................. ....................................(816/817.111-116)
1. Vegetative Cover ................ .......................................................11 l &. 116
2. Timing ................................ ..................................................................113
Postmining Land Use ..............................................(816/817.133)
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) ,.
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