2011-09-02_INSPECTION - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 9/2/2011
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 8/31/2011
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

August 31, 2011
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted
R - Air Resource Protection
R - Availability of Records
Y - Backfill & Grading
NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste
Y - Explosives
Y - Fish & Wildlife
R - Hydrologic Balance
R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan
NA - Other
R - Processing Waste
C- 1980- 007/West Elk Mine
COMMENTS
V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable
R - Roads
Y - Reclamation Success
Y - Revegetation
Y - Subsidence
Y - Slides and Other Damage
R - Support Facilities On -site
Y - Signs and Markers
NA - Support Facilities Not On -site
NA - Special Categories Of Mining
R - Topsoil
TAK
This was a complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. Kathy Welt represented the operator
during the inspection.
Selected photographs taken during the inspection are attached to the end of this report. With the operator's
consent, this report was issued from the Denver office of DRMS.
The longwall face was advancing west near the east end of panel E -3. Development mining was progressing in E-
4 gateroad. The ground was dry throughout the site.
AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION — Rule 4.17:
There were no fugitive dust problems.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1):
All required records were available in the mine office (see attached records check list). The well -
organized manner in which the operator maintains the records is highly commendable.
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:
The inslopes of the following ponds appeared in good condition and the ponds were not discharging: SG-
1 (outfall 014), MB -5E, MB -3 (outfall 005), and the wastewater pond . The concrete sediment trap MB -4 at the
train loadout (outfall 008) was in good shape, and was not discharging.
Construction was completed in 2010 on the following structures that were approved in TR -119: new pond MB-
5E, a 48 -inch diameter HDPE pipe that was buried and feeds runoff to pond MB -5E, a bridge across the North
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year, ending 6/30/12: 1
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year, ending 6/30/12: 1
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