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April 27, 2011 C- 1981 - 041 /Roadside Portals MPB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />• -Air Resource Protection <br />• -Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />Y - Processing Waste <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />R -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />N -Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />N -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on April 27, 2011 by Mike Boulay of the <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. There was no operator representative <br />present during the inspection. However, Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) was on -site at the <br />South Portal area doing spraying for Whitetop at Pond 9. Weather conditions were sunny and cool. Ground <br />conditions were damp from a storm that passed through the area on the previous day. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.053; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, <br />4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Site sedimentation ponds including 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 were inspected. All sediment ponds were dry with the <br />exception of Pond 8. Pond 8 was retaining a small amount of water as shown in attached Photograph No. 1. The <br />CBA41 Sump was dry. The sedimentation ponds are all very well maintained and capable of functioning <br />properly. All pond embankments, inlets and discharge structures were stable and no problems were noted at any <br />of the sediment pond locations. <br />CRDA waste disposal sites were stable, diversions and perimeter ditches appeared functional. Coal Creek was <br />mostly dry with only a small amount of water in the lower sections. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />