_INSPECTION - C1980005 ‎(27)‎

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Seneca Coal Company
• Inspection Date: 6/1/2011
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

June 1,2011 C-1980-005/Seneca II Mine JDM
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
N -Air Resource Protection R -Roads
N -Availability of Records R -Reclamation Success
NA -Backfill&Grading N -Revegetation
NA -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste NA - Subsidence
NA -Explosives R -Slides and Other Damage
N -Fish&Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance N -Signs and Markers
Y -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site
R -Other N -Special Categories Of Mining
NA -Processing Waste N -Topsoil
COMMENTS
HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1,4.05.2,4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5,
4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7,4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water
Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage—Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;
Impoundments 4.05.6,4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18:
Established ditches#1,#2,#3,#4,#5, SIIPM-8, SIIPM-13 and SIIPM-13A were stable with no evidence of
damage or problems noted. Pond 008 appeared to be holding water at the time of the inspection. Pond 008
embankments appeared stable and well vegetated with no problems noted.
OTHER(SPECIFY):
This was an aerial inspection flown by Harry Ranney of the Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety
(Division). Oblique aerial photographs were taken on June 1,2011 and reviewed in the Denver office by Jason
Musick of the Division on June 6,2011. The site was clear and appeared dry with no active mining activities
being conducted at the time of the inspection.
ROADS—Rule 4.03Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3)Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4)Surfacing and Maintenance
4.03.1(5) and(6)/4.03.2(5)and(6)Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7):
The South Road and Pond 008 access road appeared stable at the time of the inspection. No damage or
identifiable problems were noted.
RECLAMATION SUCCESS -Rule 4.15,Rule 3:
The Seneca II site appears stable with no identifiable erosion or movement throughout the mine site. The site
displays what appears to be good vegetation cover throughout,with only smaller areas of sparse vegetation at the
north end of the site. One small slump was observed as noted in the section of Slides and Other Damage.
SLIDES and DAMAGE -Rule 4.12:
A small slump just north of Pond 008 (originally observed during the 7/8/2008 SL3 inspection and repaired in the
fall of 2008)appears stable. No additional movement was evident in the aerial photographs of the mine site. The
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4
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