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May 21, 2012 C -2009- 087 /Peabody Sage Creek Mine JDM <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R= Comments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R -Roads <br />R - Availability of Records <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />NA - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Revegetation <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Subsidence <br />R - Explosives <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R -Signs and Markers <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />R - Other <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />All records were checked at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine offices. All required records were on site and up to <br />date at the time of the inspection. The DRMS Availability of Records is attached to this inspection report. <br />EXPLOSIVES — Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />The explosives storage units have been relocated to an approved disturbance area near the Pecoco Pond. The <br />move was initiated due to the proximity of the explosives storage to the overhead power distribution lines. Map <br />2.05 .3 MIA is in the process of review by the Division to identify the revised location of the explosives storage. <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 />4.05.10; 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 />Pond 002 (Wadge Impoundment) was holding water at the time of the inspection. The pond was stable with no <br />problems noted. The discharge was clear. The amount of discharge was not identified through the flume. <br />However, the recording station was observed and functioning as required. <br />The Pecoco Pond was holding water and was discharging into the upper sump as permitted at the time of the <br />inspection. The embankments were stable and well vegetated at the time of the inspection. The primary CMP <br />spillway was in good condition and the emergency spillway was stable with no problems noted. The Pecoco Pond <br />had no problems noted. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 10 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 4 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />