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Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R - Topsoil <br />August 23, 2011 <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />C- 2009- 087/Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />COMMENTS <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />JDM <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05; Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />The Pecoco Pond, Pond 003, and Pond 002 (Wadge) were identified in the aerial photographs. All Ponds were <br />holding water at the time of the inspection. Pond embankments appeared stable with good vegetation and no <br />evidence of erosional features or problems noted. <br />Drainage ditch SCM -1 from the southern edge of the coal handling facilities area to the PECOCO pond was <br />identified. This ditch is completed and is rock lined. During the on- the - ground inspection conducted on August <br />16, 2011, displacement of riprap was observed. Based on the aerial images repair work has not yet been <br />completed. <br />Drainage ditch SCM -6 from haulroad culvert SC -20 to the inlet of Pond 002 was identified. This ditch appears to <br />be completed with no evidence of damage or problems noted. <br />Construction is active in the area in and around the approved Lower Sump. The FA -D8 ditch above the temporary <br />coal storage and facilities area to the Lower Sump has yet to be constructed. Construction in this area continues <br />with backfilling activities to bring the area to the approved grade. <br />Reclaimed drainage ditch SIIPM -4 was observed with no problems noted. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />Earth moving activities continue in the approved portal and South Facilities Area. Construction of Road D and the <br />area of the Coal Handling Facilities were observed in the photographs. Excavation of material in the area of the <br />coal handling facilities and the portals was observed. The area of the South Facilities Area where the temporary <br />coal handling facilities and lower sump location was being developed. Disturbance appears to be within the <br />