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June 23, 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 />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />Y - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />R -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />Y -Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on June 23, 2010 by Mike Boulay of the <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal <br />Company (SCC) was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and warm. Ground <br />conditions were dry. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The availability of records was checked on the afternoon of 6/23. All required records were on file and available <br />for review at J.E. Stover & Associates offices. No problems were noted with the records review. The operator <br />does an excellent job at maintaining and updating the records file. The records are organized and easily <br />accessible. See the attached Availability of Records checklist. <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 />All site Sedimentation Ponds including 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 were inspected. All ponds were dry. Pond <br />embankments, inlets and discharge structures were all stable and no problems were noted at any of the sediment <br />pond locations. Drainage and diversion ditches were stable and dry. <br />With the SL -7 approval in March 2011 the DRMS approved the discontinuance of monitoring and the <br />abandonment of six groundwater monitoring wells. Four of these former monitoring wells are located at the Unit <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />