2012-01-04_INSPECTION - C1981035

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Date: 1/4/2012
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Tom Bird
• Inspection Date: 12/29/2011
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

December 29, 2011 C- 1981 -035 /King Coal Mine MLT
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y= Inspected
V= Violation Issued
N =Not Inspected
NA =Not Applicable
Y - Air Resource Protection
R - Availability of Records
NA - Backfill & Grading
R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste
NA - Explosives
Y - Fish & Wildlife
R - Hydrologic Balance
Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan
R - Other
NA - Processing Waste
R= Comments Noted
Y -Roads
Y - Reclamation Success
Y - Revegetation
Y - Subsidence
Y - Slides and Other Damage
R - Support Facilities On -site
Y - Signs and Markers
NA - Support Facilities Not On -site
NA - Special Categories Of Mining
Y - Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a complete inspection of the King Coal Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the
Division on Thursday, December 29, 2011. Temperatures were unseasonably mild ( -45 degrees
F), and skies were clear. Snow accumulations for the area are below average. I reported to the
scale house at King II at 11:30 a.m. Jim Jarvis directed me to Tom Bird's office, where the
mine's permitting records are stored and maintained. Following the records review, Mr. Jarvis
and I inspected the King II facilities on foot. This area, which is generally south - facing, was
almost clear of snow, although the ground is still damp or muddy in places. When this portion of
the inspection was complete, I drove to the King I site. The road at King I was cleared only as
far as the bath house. Snow cover prevented access to the refuse pile.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1):
• Permitting records were available for examination in Tom Bird's office, located at the King
II site. A completed DRMS Availability of Records form is attached to this report.
EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09
Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization:
• Mr. Jarvis said that Sandco has been hired to perform placement and compaction of backfill
at the King I site.
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:
• The East and West sedimentation ponds at King I were both frozen over, and covered with
snow.
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 4
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 5