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Mine: NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Development Waste Disposal Area <br />Inspection Period: First Quarter 2012 <br />Inspection Date: 3/31/2012 <br />The Development Waste Disposal Area is located south of State Highway 12 and west of <br />the main facility Access Road. It is adjacent to and north of the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. The area has been used for disposal of waste rock from the underground <br />mine. Since mine closure in 1989, the area has been used for disposal of sediment removed <br />from ponds and ditches located within the mine permit area. <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />New Elk Mine <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />The DWDA is in final reclamation and no activity has occurred or is scheduled for the area. <br />Typical late spring conditions prevail as minimal precipitation has received this winter resulting <br />in relatively dry soil conditions and reduced vegetation. No problems were observed during <br />this inspection. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and /or <br />discharge, integrity of 100 -year 24 -hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />Positive drainage is maintained on the surface of the DWP. No evidence of springs nor seeps <br />was observed. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />Fill construction has been completed. Reclamation of the surface has been completed. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />I uyc L JI L <br />