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March 20, 2012 C-1981-019/Colowyo Coal Mine RDZ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />YNRVNA <br />NOTE: =Inspected =Not Inspected =Comments Noted =Violation Issued =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection R - Roads <br />RR <br /> - Availability of Records - Reclamation Success <br />RY <br /> - Backfill & Grading - Revegetation <br />YNA <br /> - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste - Subsidence <br />RY <br /> - Explosives - Slides and Other Damage <br />RR <br /> - Fish & Wildlife - Support Facilities On-site <br />RR <br /> - Hydrologic Balance - Signs and Markers <br />RNA <br /> - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />RNA <br /> - Other - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NAR <br /> - Processing Waste - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />The weather was warm and clear, and the ground contained only a small amount of snow. <br /> <br />The partial inspection was conducted by Rob Zuber of DRMS. The following Colowyo staff also participated in <br />the inspection: Chip Brown (Tuesday morning), Tony Tennyson (Tuesday afternoon), Ryan Pawlowski <br />(Wednesday morning), and Andy Thomson (Wednesday morning). <br /> <br />Activities on site included: <br /> The 102 dragline was undergoing maintenance at the West Pit Spoil Pile (aka Henks Peak). <br /> In the West Pit, the 103 dragline was casting spoil near the east end. <br /> In the South Taylor Pit, the 114 shovel and the 115 track hoe were digging overburden and loading trucks. <br />These trucks were hauling material to the South Taylor Fill. <br /> <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION Rule 4.17: <br />No problems were observed with fugitive dust. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />See list below. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING Rule 4.14: <br />Streeter Fill was observed from the pond below, and no problems were observed. West Pit Fill was observed from <br />the spoil pile above, and no problems were observed. South Taylor Fill was observed from the 7750 lift, and no <br />problems were observed. <br /> <br />EXPLOSIVES Rule 4.08: <br />An overburden shot in the West Pit was observed from approximately one-half mile away. The area was cleared, <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> <br />210 <br />Page of <br /> <br /> <br />