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August 30, 2012 C- 1981 - 041 /Roadside Portals MPB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y= Inspected N =Not Inspected R °Cornments Noted V= Violation Issued NA =Not Applicable <br />N -Air Resource Protection <br />N -Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />N - Processing Waste <br />N -Roads <br />R - Reclamation Success <br />N - Revegetation <br />N -Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Support Facilities On -site <br />N -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a partial inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on August 30, 2012 by Mike Boulay of the <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. There was no operator representative <br />present during the inspection. Weather conditions were overcast with light rain. Ground conditions were mostly <br />dry. <br />The primary focus of this inspection was to view the reclamation work now underway at the CRDA 41 and 42 and <br />at the North Portals area. Substantial changes to the original reclamation plan for these areas were recently <br />approved with Permit Revision No. 5 (PR -5). Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) is approved to remove Ponds 6, <br />10,11 and 13 along with other drainage control features at CRDA 41 & 42, CBA 41 & 42 and the North Portal. <br />Also with this revision changes to the final reclamation plans of Ponds 6, 10, and 11, Coal Gulch, the Coal Canyon <br />drainage and Roadside North Portal were approved. The Division's decision to approve PR -5 became final on <br />August 12, 2012 and reclamation work commenced on August 13, 2012. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />SCC's contractor CSI Contractors was actively working at the site on the morning of the inspection. A water truck <br />was being utilized for dust suppression on Coal Creek access road. I observed a dozer and haul truck working to <br />bring topsoil to the desired grade at Pond 11 (see attached Photograph No. 1). Pond 11 was brought to final grade <br />with Coal Gulch remaining in its present position as required by the approved reclamation plan. Topsoil being <br />redistributed at Pond 11 is shown in Photograph No. 2. Pond 6 was completed at the time of the inspection <br />(Photograph No. 3) and work was in progress at Pond 10. The approved changes to the reclamation plan allowed <br />for Coal Creek to remain in its present position and configuration. Coal Creek was not disturbed during the <br />reclamation of Ponds 6 and 10 (Photograph No. 4). The bank material was pushed in for cover fill at both of these <br />ponds and topsoil was hauled from Topsoil Pile 41. I also observed a track hoe working on the East Diversion <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />