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March 30, 2011 C-1981-015/Fruitallo 1 &2 SBl <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 /> R -Backfill&Grading N -Revegetation <br /> N -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste N -Subsidence <br /> N -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish&Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers <br /> N -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N -Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> N -Other N -Special Categories Of Mining <br /> N -Processing Waste N -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> This was a complete inspection of the Fruita Mine. Mike Boulay is the newly assigned inspector at this revoked <br /> site. The permit was revoked and the bond was forfeited in 1994. Partial backfilling and seeding were conducted <br /> by the operator,American Shield Coal Company, in 1990-1991. A portion of the bond was used by the <br /> Division in the spring of 1996 to roughen and reseed the steep#1 Mine bench outslope, which had <br /> exhibited poor establishment of seeded vegetation. A larger portion of the bond was used by the <br /> Division in the spring and fall of 2000, to repair erosion damage caused by a cloudburst type storm <br /> event. During this project, a riprapped permanent drainage channel was constructed down the outslope <br /> of the#1 Mine Bench, the access road to the#1 Mine Bench was extensively roughened and seeded, and <br /> various permanent drainage improvements were implemented. <br /> In the spring and fall of 2009, the Abandoned Mines Program, with funding from the OSM civil penalty <br /> fund, did repair work at the mine site including: erosion repairs on the central channel; spillway <br /> reconstruction on the sediment pond; erosion control on the reclaimed haul road; select interseeding on <br /> the selected areas; and stabilization of the#1 portal closure. This work is described in the 2009 <br /> inspection reports. <br /> The work conducted by the AMP in 2009 is holding up well and the site is stable. The DRMS would <br /> like to initiate revegetation sampling in the near future to start the termination of jurisdiction process. <br /> BACKFILL and GRADING—Rule 4.1411 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1;Approximate Original Contour <br /> 4.14.2; Highwall 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 /> The site is stable. Portal repair work conducted in 2009 has successfully sealed the opening above the <br /> portal. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br />