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Mine: NEW ELK <br />Waste Bank MSHA ID. No.: Primary Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) <br />Inspection Period: Third Quarter 2011 <br />Inspection Date: 8/29/2011 <br />General Description or Reference to Site Plan: <br />The Refuse Disposal Area is located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the <br />Purgatoire River. Refuse is transported from the preparation plant to the RDA by conveyor belt. <br />The plant has been operating intermittently during 2011 with resumption of mining and trouble shooting <br />plant modifications. The operator has concentrated on improving grade on the working bench of the <br />RDA. Compaction tests conducted by CTL- Thompson determine that the pile is being constructed <br />as per approved plans. <br />Activity During Inspection: <br />New Elk Mine <br />QUARTERLY COAL WASTE BANK INSPECTION REPORT <br />CDMR Rules 4.09.1(11) and 4.10.2(2) <br />Operator was relocating refused placed temporarialy in the far northwest quarter of the RDA in 1996. <br />This refuse was being moved to and placed in one foot lifts on the front (south) third of the RDA. This <br />was being done to reduce the grade on the active surface and minimize the potential for erosion during <br />precipitation events. <br />Drainage: (Discussion of springs. seeps, overland and channel flow, underdrain construction and/ <br />or discharge, integrity of 100 -year 24 -hour drainage structures, and evidence of positive drainage). <br />No springs or seeps were observed on the refuse side slopes. Positive drainage is established on <br />all areas. Vegetation is well established on previously reclaimed areas. <br />Observation of Fill Construction: (Description of material, compaction, lift thicknesses, slopes, <br />and construction methods). <br />No new fill was placed during the inspection. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />