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September 26, 2011 C -1981 -018 /Deserado Mine JRS <br /> <br /> <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> <br /> Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspected N =Not Inspected R =C omments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With M ine Plan <br />R - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />Y - Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Topsoil <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />This was an aerial inspection of the Deserado Mine conducted by Jim Stark of the Colorado Division or <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Harry Ranney, also with the Division, took the photographs in the late morning <br />on 26 September 2011. The Deserado Mine is active ly producing and shipping coal and hauling refuse to their <br />refuse piles. The weather was clear and the ground was dry at the time of the inspection. <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; <br />Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />- Pond DP -1 contained water but did not appear to be discharging at the time of the inspection (there was no w ater <br />in Scullion Gulch below the outfall). The pond embankment was well vegetated and appeared to be stable and no <br />erosional problems were noted. There is a small amount of sediment at the inlet of the pond. <br />- Ponds PP -1 and PP -2 are process water pond s for the wash plant. Both ponds were full at the time of the <br />inspection. <br />- The two ponds at the slot storage area (SS -1 and SS -2) were both dry at the time of the inspection. Both pond <br />embankments were well vegetated and appeared to be stable. No erosi onal problems were noted in either pond. <br />- Pond RP -5a contained a small amount of water but was not discharging at the time of the inspection. The pond <br />embankment was well vegetated and no erosional problems were noted. <br />- Pond RP -4 was dry at the time of the inspection. The pond embankment appeared to be stable and was well <br />vegetated. No erosional problems were noted. <br />- Pond RP -2/3 was dry at the time of the inspection. There was water in the west presettling cell (the east cell was <br />not visible in photo s). The pond embankment was stable and well vegetated and no erosional problems were <br />noted. <br />- Pond RP -1 was dry at the time of the inspection. The embankment was well vegetated and stable and no <br />erosional features were noted. <br />