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February 29, 2012 C -1981 -035 /King Coal Mine MLT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted <br /> V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />R - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />R - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was a partial inspection of the King Coal Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the DRMS <br />on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 beginning at 1:20 p.m.. Skies were clear, and the temperature <br />was cool. The inspection began at the King Coal Mine office, located at the King II facilities, <br />James Couts was available to represent the operator, GCC Energy, LLC, on a walking inspection <br />of the King II. I made a brief stop at the King I mine following the conclusion of the King II <br />portion of the inspection. <br /> <br />PERMITTING UPDATE: <br />RN -06 The application for Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN -06) was deemed complete on February <br />28, 2012. The Division will issue an adequacy review letter on or before April 28, 2012. <br />TR -?? Submittal of a Technical Revision application addressing the use of Coal Mine Waste for <br />backfillin g highwalls at King I is anticipated. <br /> <br />FISH and WILDLIFE – Rule 4.18: <br /> Mr. Couts commented that they have not seen as many wild turkeys at the mine site this year. <br />Southwestern Colorado has had an unusually mild winter, with less snowfall and less severe <br />te mperatures than is typical. Might this fact be influencing wildlife movements? <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures <br />4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments <br />4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> The area had received a few inches of new snow in recent days, and some melting of the <br />snow had begun to occur. The ground surface was wet to muddy, and all of the ditches and <br />culverts within the disturbed area at the King II site were running. Water was also flowing In <br />the West Clearwater diversion ditch (Photo 1 ). The Ea st Clearwater ditch was frozen and <br />covered with snow. Berms along the facilities side of the diversion ditches were in good