2010-12-09_INSPECTION - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 12/9/2010
• Doc Name: OSM Inspection Report
• From: OSM
• To: DRMS
• Inspection Date: 9/23/2010
• 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
Person Number Date 09/23/2010 Continuation Page
28. Performance Standard Categories
Codes: 1=Compliance, 2=Noncompliance, 3=Not Planned, 4=Not Started, 5=Noncompliance Identified Elsewhere, 6=Previously Cited
A.
B.
C.
Administrative
1. _ Mining within Valid Permit
2. _ Mining within Bonded Area
3. _ Terms & Conditions of Permit
4. _ Liability Insurance
5. _ Ownership and Control
6. - Temporary Cessation
7. - AML Rec. Fees -- Non-Respondent
8. _ AML Rec. Fees -- Failure to Pay
Hydrologic Balance
L. I Drainage Control
2. 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. 1 Stream Buffer Zones
Topsoil & Subsoil
1. Removal
2. Substitute Materials
3. Storage and Protection
4. 1 Redistribution
D. Backfilling & Grading H.
Subsidence Control Plan
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 5. Reclamation
7. 1 Stabilization (rills and gullies) J. Signs & Markers
E. Excess Spoil Disposal 1.
Signs
1. 1 Placement -
2. Markers
2.
3. 1 Drainage Control
Surface Stabilization K. _Distance Prohibitions

4.
Inspections & Certifications L. Revegetation
1

F. Coal
Mine Waste 1.
Vegetative Cover
(Refuse Piles/Impoundments) 2. 1 Timing
1. - Drainage Control M. I Postmining Land Use
2. Surface Stabilization N. Other
3. Placement General
4. Inspections and Certifications Performan ce
5. Impounding Structures Catagory
G. Use 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)
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
7. 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(f)
3. Surface Stabilization ...........................................................................71(g)
4. Inspections & Certifications ...............................................................71(h)
F. Coal Mine Waste (Refuse Piles/Impoundments) ,,,,,(816/817.81-84)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
G.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
H.
I.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
J.
1.
2
D. Backfilling & Grading ..............................(816/817.95-107) K
1. Exposed Openings .....................816/81' 7.13, 14, 15, & 823.11 & 21 L
2. Contemporaneous Reclamation ............. .....................................100
3. Approximate Original Contour .............. ............................102(a)(1) 1
4. Highwall Elimination ............................. ............................102(a)(2) 2•
5. Steep Slopes (includes downslope) ........ ....................................107 M.
6. Handling of Acid & Toxic Materials ..... .................................102(c)
7. Stabilization (rills and gullies) ............... ...................................95(b)
Drainage Control .................................................... ...........................83(a)
Surface Stabilization ................................................ ..........................83(b)
Placement ................................................................. ..........................83 (c)
Inspections and Certifications .................................. .........................83(d)
Impounding Structures ............................................. ..............................84
Use of Explosives ............................................ ......(816/817.61-68)
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)
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)>&(fl
Distance Prohibitions ..................................... ..................(761.11)
Revegetation ................................................... ..(816/817.111-116)
Vegetative Cover ...................................................... .................111 & 116
Timing ...................................................................... ............................113
Postmining Land Use ..................................... .........(816/817.133)
Revised December 4, 1998 Page 2 of 7