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May 9, 2012 C -1983- 059 /Terror Creek Loadout JRS <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />N - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Processing Waste <br />N - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Terror Creek Loadout conducted by Jim Stark of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. No representative from Terror Creek, LLC was present on the inspection. The <br />operation was not actively processing or loading coal at the time of the inspection. The weather was warm and <br />sunny and the ground was dry. <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 />- Sediment pond 1 was dry at the time of the inspection. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable and <br />no erosional problems were noted. <br />- The ditch along the haul road was dry. The ditch was stable and clean and no problems were noted. <br />- The ditch on the north side of the coal stockpile area was dry. The ditch was clean and no problems were noted. <br />GENERAL MINE PLAN COMPLANCE: <br />- The Terror Creek Loadout is a loadout only. Operations at the site include processing coal (sizing coal) and <br />loading trains. The ongoing operations at the site were consistent with what is approved in the permit. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.03.2(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.03.2(4) Surfacing and <br />Maintenance4.03.1(5) and (6)/4.03.2(5) and (6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7)/4.03.2(7): <br />- The haul road from the loadout entrance to the truck scale is a paved road. this road was well maintained and <br />stable. There were no problems noted with the road or the road embankments. The remaining haul road, from the <br />scale to the truck dump and back to the paved portion of the road, is a dirt road. This road was stable and well <br />maintained as well and no problems were noted. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 8 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 3 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />