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September 20, 2011 C -1983 -059 /Terror Creek Loadout BFB <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 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y =Inspec ted N =Not Inspected R =Comments Noted V =Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />R - 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 Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br /> <br />R - Roads <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - 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 />INTRODUCTION – This was a partial inspection of the Terror Creek Loadout facility conducted by Brock <br />Bowles of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety on September 20, 2011. Jim K iger, <br />Environmental Manager for Oxbow Mining, LLC was present during the inspection. Chad Koncher, Operations <br />Foreman for the Terror Creek Loadout, gave a tour of the screening/crusher control booth. Weather conditions <br />were sunny and war m and ground cond itions were dry. <br />AIR RESOURCE PROTECTION – Rule 4.17: <br /> There was a moderate amount of coal stockpiled on the facilities bench and coal haul trucks were <br />unloading coal during the inspection. The sorting/crushing machine was in operation loading railcars a nd several <br />cars were fully loaded during the inspection. There were no signs of fugitive dust on site or off. <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 4.05.7, <br />4.0 5.10; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring <br />4.05.13; Drainage – Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> Diversion ditch B was clear of debr is and had some standing water. Culverts CMP #1 and #2 were clear <br />of rocks and debris. <br /> <br />PROCESSING WASTE/COAL MINE WASTE PILES – Rule 4.10 and 4.11 <br /> Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization; Placement: <br /> Terror Creek employees were removing coal waste fr om around the screening/crushing machine between <br />haul truck loads of coal. The area around the screening/crushing machine was very clean and organized. <br /> <br />ROADS – Rule 4.03 <br /> Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) <br /> Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4)