_INSPECTION - C1982057 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Roy Karo
• Inspection Date: 10/4/2011
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

October 4, 2011 C-1982-057/Seneca II-W Mine SLB
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
NA -Air Resource Protection Y -Roads
R -Availability of Records Y -Reclamation Success
Y -Backfill &Grading Y -Revegetation
NA -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste NA - Subsidence
NA -Explosives R - Slides and Other Damage
R -Fish &Wildlife Y - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance R - Signs and Markers
Y -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site
NA -Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining
NA -Processing Waste Y -Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a complete inspection of the Seneca IIW Mine conducted by Susan Burgmaier of CDRMS. No
representative of Seneca Coal Company was present during the inspection. Weather conditions were cloudy with
intermittent showers;there was heavy rain between the two inspection days. The operator was working in the
Pond 016A area,implementing the slide remediation plan approved in Technical Revision No. 73.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS—Rule 5.02.4(1):
Records were inspected at the Sage Creek Mine and Seneca Coal Company offices. All required records
were available and current,as detailed below.
FISH and WILDLIFE Rule 4.18:
Six mallards were observed on Pond 005. Elk tracks were heavy on the east side of the permit boundary,
along the ridgeline road at PM-41).
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:
Pond 009 was holding water below the discharge level. Pond 015 was discharging clear water at
approximately 10 gpm. Pond 005 held water just below the discharge level. Pond 016 was discharging clear
water. All embankments were stable and vegetated; all spillways were stable and unobstructed. Stock tanks T-2,
T-3, T-20 and T-22 were wet and muddy but not holding water. T-5 and T-20 were holding water but not
discharging. The seep at the base of Pond 005 was wet and the spoil springs above Ponds 006 and 016 were both
flowing. The underdrains along the Mine Entrance Haul Road were flowing at approximately 0.5-1 gpm.
ROADS Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)14.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)14.03.2(4) Surfacing and
Maintenance4.03.1(5) and(6)14.03.2(5)and(6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)14.03.2(7):
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 7
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2
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