_INSPECTION - C1994082 ‎(10)‎

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Seneca Coal Company, LLC
• Inspection Date: 9/14/2011
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

September 14,2011 C-1994-082/Yoast Mine SLB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
NA -Air Resource Protection R -Roads
N -Availability of Records N -Reclamation Success
R -Backfill &Grading N -Revegetation
NA -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste NA - Subsidence
NA -Explosives R - Slides and Other Damage
R -Fish &Wildlife NA - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers
Y -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site
N -Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining
NA -Processing Waste N -Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a partial inspection of the Yeast Mine conducted by Susan Burgmaier of DRMS. No representative of
Seneca Coal Company was on site during the inspection. Weather the first afternoon was cloudy but dry. The
second day of the inspection was cut short and limited to the Sage Creek ponds due to heavy rain.
BACKFILL and GRADING—Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1;Approximate Original Contour
4.14.2;Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)69; Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27;Handling ofAcid and Toxic Materials
4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6:
The operator had started work on reconstructing the two problematic drainages (YPM-13 and YPM-9) into
Pond 011A in the north pit. YPM-9 had been regraded.
FISH and WILDLIFE Rule 4.18:
Several deer were in the vicinity of the neck pit slide and in the north pit, and a Red-Tailed Hawk was
perched in an aspen tree above the haul road just south of Pond 010.
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:
Ponds 010, 011A, 012, 013, and 014 all held water. Clear discharge was observed at Pond 012. All of the
embankments were stable and well vegetated. The springs above Pond 012, at the foot of the slide area,were
discharging into Pond 012.
ROADS Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and
Maintenance4.03.1(5) and(6)/4.03.2(5)and(6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7):
A motor grader was maintaining Haul Road A. This road and all of the other roads within the permit area
were in excellent condition.
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1
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