_INSPECTION - C1981035 ‎(16)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Tom Bird
• Inspection Date: 3/21/2012
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

March 21, 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
Y - Air Resource Protection R -Roads
R - Availability of Records Y -Reclamation Success
NA -Backfill & Grading R -Revegetation
V -Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste Y - Subsidence
NA -Explosives Y - Slides and Other Damage
Y -Fish& Wildlife R - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance R - Signs and Markers
Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan NA - Support Facilities Not On-site
R - Other NA - Special Categories Of Mining
NA -Processing Waste Y - Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a Complete Inspection of the King Coal Mine conducted by Marcia Talvitie of the
DRMS on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Skies were clear, and the temperature was cool. I
arrived at the King 11 surface facilities at 11:30 a.m., and proceeded to the Coal Sales Building to
sign in and update my annual site-specific MSHA certification. For the inspection at King 11, I
was accompanied by James Counts and Wade Wymore. Mr. Wymore has recently been assigned
supervisory responsibility for the surface facilities, replacing Jim Jarvis. At 12:50 I began the
records check, after which Tom Bird accompanied me to the King I facilities area. The
inspection concluded at 14:05.
PERMITTING UPDATE:
RN-06: The application was deemed complete on Feb. 28, 2012, and the fourth and final public
notice was scheduled to appear in the March 31, 2012 edition of the Durango Herald. To date,
the Division has received responses from the Division of Water Resources, History Colorado,
and La Plata County.
AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS —Rule 5.02.4(1):
Mine records were available for review in Tom Bird's office at the King 11 facilities. A
completed DRMS Availability of Records form is attached to this report.
EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE—Rule 4.09
Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization:
• At the King I facility, I observed that Coal Mine Waste (CMW) had been used to backfill the
tipple highwall and benches (Photos 1 and 2). The slopes had been graded, and appeared to
be at approximately 4H:1V. The Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) for 2011, dated
February 7, 2012, indicates that 1.09 acres were backfilled and graded. This area is
delineated on the ARR map for the King I Mine. (The Division did not review the ARR until
April 3, 2012.)
• The Division's previous understanding regarding this issue, as documented in various DRMS
inspection reports throughout 2011, indicated that an application for a Technical Revision
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 6
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 Page 2 of 9