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September 22, 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 />Y - Processing Waste <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - 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 September 22, 2011 by Mike Boulav <br />of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap <br />Coal Company (SCC) was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cool. 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 9/22. 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 records are <br />organized and easily accessible. See the attached Availability of Records checklist. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; 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 />Sedimentation Pond 7 at the North Decline and Ponds 8 and 9 at the South Portal were inspected and <br />photographed. These ponds are scheduled to be removed and reclaimed during the week of September 25 per <br />approval of Technical Revision No. 61. Pond 8 was retaining a significant amount of water and Ponds 7 and 9 <br />were entirely dry. Photographs of Ponds 7, 8, and 9 are provided at the end of this inspection report. Ponds 6, 10, <br />and 11 were also inspected. All of these ponds were dry. Pond embankments, inlets and discharge structures were <br />all stable and no problems were noted at any of the sediment pond locations. <br />Drainage and diversion ditches were stable and dry. At the North Decline area several diversion ditches and the <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />