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February 6, 2012 C -1982 -056 /Foidel Creek Mine JDM <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection thi s Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />The Foidel Creek mine has completed the longwall miner move noted in the January 2012 inspection report. <br />Construction continues on the 16LT uti lity borehole. Reclamation activities are ongoing at the Fish Creek Tipple <br />site. No coal trains were loading at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />OTHER (SPECIFY): <br />This was a partial coal inspection conducted by Jason Musick of DRMS. Jerry Nettleton of Twentymile Coal <br />accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear and the mine site was wet and snow covered at the time of the <br />inspection. This inspection focused on approved activities associated with the Refuse Disposal Areas. <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL M INE WASTE PILES – Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br /> Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br />The Coal Refuse Disposal Area (CRDA) Expansion was approved through Technical Revisions 67 and 72. The <br />CRDA expansion area is the only area in which processing was te is being disposed of at the Foidel Creek Mine. <br />Due to lower that normal snowfall the refuse has been spread and compacted at the time of the inspection. It is <br />typical for the refuse to be stockpiled during the winter month’s in -order to dry before comp action. <br /> <br />Twentymile Coal has committed to installing 3 piezometers to validate the self -draining design of the CRDA. The <br />CRDA has not reached the elevation designed to install the piezometers as of the date of this inspection. <br /> <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br /> Const ruction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and Maintenance4.03 .1(5) and <br />(6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Rec lamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />Construction of the coal refuse haulroad has proceeded simultaneously with the construction of the CR DA. The <br />section of haul road accessing the active CRDA was stable with no problems noted. All other portions of the haul <br />road were snow -covered and inaccessible at the time of the inspection. <br /> <br />TOPSOIL – Rule 4.06 <br /> Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4 .06.3; Redistribution 4.06.4: <br />Both topsoil and suitable cover material has been removed from the area of the CRDA expansion and stockpiled in