_INSPECTION - C1981035 ‎(11)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Tom Bird
• Inspection Date: 1/25/2012
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

January 25, 2012 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine MLT
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted
V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
R - Air Resource Protection R -Roads
N - Availability of Records N -Reclamation Success
N -Backfill & Grading N -Revegetation
R -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste N - Subsidence
NA -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage
Y -Fish&Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance Y - Signs and Markers
N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site
R - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining
NA -Processing Waste N - Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a Partial Inspection of the King Coal Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the DRMS
on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 25, 2012. I arrived at the King 11 site at 1:30 p.m., and
was met by Tom Bird, Manager of Coal Services. Mr. Bird introduced me to Barbara Hodgson,
from GCC's Pueblo, CO office; she happened to be at the site to conduct an inspection, also.
Ms. Hodgson has replaced Jose' Madera as the Environmental Manager for this mine. Two
representatives of Souder, Miller& Associates (SMA)were also on site. GCC has contracted
with SMA to update the Storm Water Management Plan(s) (SWMPs)for the King Coal Mine.
These four people accompanied me on a walking inspection of the surface facilities at King 11. I
made a brief visit alone to the King I site, following completion of the King 11 portion of the
inspection.
AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION—Rule 4.17:
• Installation of the new 400 Ton per Hour screen has been completed, and the screen was
operating at the time of the inspection (Photo 1). The CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division
issued Construction Permit No. I ILP3252 on Nov. 30, 2011 for this new screen. This permit
was recently incorporated into the DRMS permit with MR-34.
EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE—Rule 4.09
Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization:
• The Coal Mine Waste Pile located at the King I facility was inaccessible due to snow cover
(Photo 2).
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:
• Although skies were clear on the day of the inspection, the area had received several inches
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 5
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 9