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V <br /> H <br /> ti <br /> REGION V ON-SITE INSPECTION REPORT <br /> MID-CONTINENT RESOURCES, INC. <br /> COAL BASIN MINES <br /> P.O. Box 158 <br /> Carbondale, Colorado 81623 <br /> (303) 963-2581 <br /> DATE: November 6, 1980 <br /> fiTM�: 2:00 p.m. <br /> WL THER: Cool and light, overcast <br /> Z-CiUN�Y AND STATE : Pitkin County, Colorado <br /> Z_6��rFr=: Doug Bowman <br /> SM FFICI LS: Jim Dederick and Eileen Doherty <br /> NUMBER: 77-419 <br /> MSH NUMBER: 05-02342 <br /> GENERAL COMMENTS <br /> This was a follow-up inspection of NOV 80-5-7-23, violation 1 of 1 , issued <br /> September 25, 1980. Both runoff control basins were being used to catch water <br /> truck spillage, and the lower basin had been bentonited. This NOV has been termi- <br /> nated. <br /> An on-site review of the overall hydrologic system took place between <br /> h <br /> Jim Dederick and Mr. Bowman. We took six water samples at some of Mr�. Bowman' sst <br /> monitoring locations on Dutch Creek , Coal Creek , and Bear Creek. Monitoring data <br /> from surface water flows, compiled by Mr. Bowman over the years, will be submitted <br /> to OSM for review as part of the permanent program requirements. They were not <br /> available for review at the mine office during this inspection. <br /> No mine water was being pumped due to increased sump capacity in the mine. Water <br /> samples of mine discharge will be taken if pumping commences in the spring. <br /> A large portion of the sediment control plan had been implemented. Two problem <br /> areas were noted during this inspection and verbally related to Mr. Jim Herron, <br /> Colorado MLR Division Inspector, on November 17, 1980. Mr. Herron indicated that <br /> he plans to conduct a complete inspection of this mine in the near future. There <br /> is a temporary filling station for water trucks on Coal Creek in a turnout of the <br /> mine haulroad. Overflow from the station was followed down the road to a culvert <br /> which emptied directly into Coal Creek. Water was pooling at the intake end of <br /> the culvert. <br /> Riprap has been laid at some of the haulroad relief drains. This riprap is marginal , <br /> and has not been placed in accordance with the mine' s approved runoff control plan. <br /> Sediment picked up by runoff from the roads and from downslopes seemsito be a major <br /> contributor to increased sediment loads in the creeks. The above mentioned items <br /> need immediate attention from the State Regulatory Authority. <br /> l - <br /> L EN M. DOHE TY <br /> RECLAMATION SPECIALIST <br />