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March 17, 2011 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine MLT <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Hispected N Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />Y <br />- Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N <br />- Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N <br />- Revegetation <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N <br />- Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />N <br />- Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R <br />- Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y <br />- Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R -Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R -Topsoil <br />This was a partial inspection of the King I and II mines. The weather was cool, with high clouds <br />present. I checked in at the scale office, and was provided with safety training and a 2012 sticker <br />for my hard hat. Most of the mine's employees, including Jim Jarvis and Tom Bird, were <br />attending annual refresher training, so the inspection consisted of a self - guided walking tour of <br />the surface facilities at King II and a brief vehicle tour of King L The mine was not in operation, <br />but over - the -road haul trucks were being loaded with coal. <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION — Rule 4.17: <br />+ The mine was not in operation at the time of the inspection, due to employee training. <br />• Roads within the permit area had been treated with Mag Chloride as a dust palliative. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall <br />Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials <br />4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />• Development waste from King II continues to be stockpiled at King I for backfilling the area <br />(Photo 1). No hauling of materials was occurring during the inspection. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 <br />Placement; Drainage Control: Surface Stabilization: <br />+ Access to the coal mine waste pile at King I was not attempted due to slippery road <br />conditions. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Strictures <br />4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br />4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />• At King I, the East and West sediment ponds each impounded some water, although no <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 Page 2 of 9 <br />