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General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />New Elk Mine <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Mine: NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) <br />Inspection Period: Second Quarter 2011 <br />Inspection Date: 6/27/2011 <br />The Refuse Disposal Area is located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. Refuse was transported from the preparation plant to the RDA by conveyor belt. <br />The plant has been idle since March of 1996 at which time the last refuse was placed on the <br />fill area. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />No activity occurred during the inspection. Plant is in operation on a limited basis, but with <br />minimum operating time and no significant refuse sent to the disposal area. Refuse has been moved <br />to the south east quadrant of the active surface and place in a two -foot lifts. CTL- Thompson inspected <br />the RDA, sampled the refuse for base -line compaction testing when they return in the third quarter. <br />No compaction testing was done at this time as limited new refuse had been placed and was in the <br />process of being compacted. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and/ <br />or discharge, integrity of 100 -year 24 -hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage is established on <br />all areas. Vegetation is well established on previously reclaimed areas. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />A small quantity of waste had been transported by conveyor and stockpiled near the center of the RDA <br />surface. This is now being blended with plant refuse, spread and compacted in a two foot lift in the south <br />west quarter of the refuse area. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />