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February 15, 2011 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine TK <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection R -Roads <br />N - Availability of Records N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence <br />Y -Explosives NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Hydrologic Balance N -Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Processing Waste N -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. Ryan Sweetwood represented the <br />operator during the inspection. <br />A photograph taken during the inspection is attached to the end of this report. With the operator's consent, this <br />report was issued from the Denver office of DRMS. <br />The ground was covered in most places with about one foot of snow. Snow cover prevented access to higher <br />areas. <br />EXPLOSIVES - Rule 4.08 Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />The explosives storage area was locked and secured. <br />GENERAL COMPLIANCE WITH MINE PLAN - The active longwall face was advancing west near the <br />middle of panel E-2. Development mining was being conducted on the east end of panel E-3 in the headgate of <br />that panel.The operator appeared to be following the approved underground mine plan, based on the mining <br />progress map on display in the mine office. <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES - Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br />Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br />The Refuse Pile Expansion (RPE) is nearing its maximum capacity. No problems were found on the RPE. The <br />top surface of the RPE was dry and it slopes gently to the back of the pile where runoff would enter a ditch that <br />goes to the RPE two-cell lined pond. <br />Refuse Conveyor PP-4 (that extends over the mine entrance road) carries refuse from the recently constructed coal <br />preparation plant (located on top of the Lower Refuse Pile) to a Refuse Truck Bin (located on top of the RPE). <br />Trucks carry the refuse from the Bin to the other side of the RPE where it is dumped, and will be incorporated into <br />Number of Partial Inspections this Fiscal Year, ending 6/30/2011: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year, ending 6/30/2011: 3 <br />Page 2 of 4