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November 9, 2011 C -1996 -083 /Bowie No. 2 Mine JJD <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =In spected N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />Y - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />R - Revegetation <br />Y - Subsidence <br />R - 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 />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> Two lower portions of t he paved haul road w ere a little dusty due to coal fines being tracked onto the mine <br />road near the main coal stockpile bench an d due to cement bags temporarily stored across the haul road from the <br />B -seam excess material storage area. However, the dust was localized and did not leave the site. A loaded train <br />was on site but no problems with coal fines or dust were observed. No othe r issues with coal dust were observed at <br />any of the mine site locations, including the two coal stockpiles. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS – Rule 5.02.4(1): <br /> The required mine records were reviewed at the mine office and were found to be in compliance. The <br />foll owing records checklist documents the records review. <br /> <br />BACKFILL and GRADING – Rule 4.14 Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original <br />Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic <br />Mater ials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> The contractor for Bowie Resources has finished the backfilling and grading of the Hubbard Creek fan <br />shaft site. The final grading was left in a roughened state for water retention and sediment cont rol. The entire <br />reclaimed site looks very good. At the request of the USDA -Forest Service, a small bend in the Hubbard Creek <br />Road was realigned slightly to get it away from the steep edge of the Hubbard Creek channel. <br /> <br />EXPLOSIVES – Rule 4.08 Distance Proh ibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br /> No problems were observed at the explosives storage facility. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, <br />4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water <br />Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;