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September 21, 2011 C -1996- 083 /Bowie No. 2 Mine JJD <br />PROCESSING WASTE /COAL MINE WASTE PILES — Rule 4.10 and 4.11 Drainage Control, Surface <br />Stabilization, Placement: <br />The outslopes of the coal waste pile benches appeared to be stable and no erosional problems were <br />observed. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />The paved entrance road was in good condition. The road's guard rail was in place. The dirt access road <br />leading from the D -seam portal bench up to the utility bench was in good condition as well. The outside berm of <br />the road had sufficient height. The operator is beginning to gravel the drill road so that the new Terror Creek fan <br />site can be constructed. The public road that leads up to the Hubbard Creek fan site was passable, as was the dirt <br />road leading to coal waste stockpile no. 3. <br />REVEGETATION — Rule 4.15 Vegetative Cover, Timing: <br />Brock Bowies of the Division examined the revegetation on the main topsoil stockpile at the main mine <br />and at the topsoil stockpile and general disturbed area at coal waste stockpile no. 3. At the main mine site, the <br />north side of the main topsoil stockpile had a good stand of perennial grasses, with an occasional thistle plant. <br />However, the south side of the topsoil stockpile had a lot of annuals mixed in with the perennials. There was a <br />considerable amount of cheat grass with some dead white top plants, a small thistle patch and a little bind weed. <br />The noxious weeds, especially the white top and cheat grass, need to be dealt with. <br />No coal waste has been stockpiled at coal waste stockpile no. 3 yet since the operator is waiting for approval from <br />the CDPHE to cross the highway with haul trucks. However, a portion of the site has had topsoil stockpiling and <br />coal waste bench grading. There were perennial grasses on the north side of the topsoil stockpile but a lot of cheat <br />grass mixed in with the perennial grasses on the south side and top of the stockpile. In addition, jointed goat grass, <br />a B list noxious weed, was seen on the top of the stockpile. Finally, thistle rosettes were observed on the west side <br />of the stockpile. On the general disturbed area, no major problems were observed, except for some very scattered <br />occurrences of cheat grass and thistle. The noxious weeds need to be dealt with at this site as well. <br />SLIDES and DAMAGE - Rule 4.12: <br />There were no indications of slope instability with any of the cut and fill slopes at the main mine. <br />SUPPORT FACILITIES - Rule 4.04: <br />The mine has been longwall mining in the B -10 panel in the west district. A longwall move is coming up <br />so the operator has been stockpiling coal ahead of the move. There was a moderate volume of coal that was being <br />stockpiled on the D -seam portal bench and a fairly large volume of coal on the coal stockpile bench next to the <br />highway. The coal handing structures were in operation during the inspection and no problems were observed. <br />There were no leaks at the fuel barn. <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS — Rule 4.02: <br />The mine identification signs were up at the entrances to the mine sites' entrances and along the roads <br />where the mine permit boundary crosses the public roads. Surface disturbance markers were up around the <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />