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January 25, 2012 C -1981 -035 /King Coal Mine MLT <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection thi s Fiscal Year: 5 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 2 of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted <br /> V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - 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 />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - 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 the afternoon of Wednesday, January 25, 2012. I arrived at the King II site at 1:30 p.m., and <br />was met by Tom Bird, Manager of Coal Services. Mr. Bird introduced me to Barbara Hodgson, <br />from GCC’s Pueblo, CO office ; she happened to be at the site to conduct an inspection, also . <br />Ms. Hodgson has replaced Jose’ Madera as the Environmental Manager for this mine. Two <br />representatives of Souder, Miller & Associates (SMA) were also on site. GCC has contracted <br />with SMA to update the Storm Water Management Plan(s) (SWMPs) for the King Coal Mine. <br />These four people accompanied me on a walking inspection of the surface facilities at King II. I <br />made a brief visit alone to the King I site, following completion of the King II portion of the <br />inspection. <br /> <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> Installation of the new 400 Ton per Hour screen has been completed, and the screen was <br />operating at the time of the inspection (Photo 1). The CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division <br />issued Construction Permit No. 11LP3252 on Nov. 30, 2011 for this new screen. This permit <br />w as recently incorporated into the DRMS permit with MR -34. <br /> <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE – Rule 4.09 <br />Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br /> The Coal Mine Waste Pile located at the King I facility was inaccessible due to snow cover <br />(Photo 2). <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 /> Although skies were clear on the day of the inspection, the area had received several inches