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September 18, 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 />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />NA - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />NA - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />Y - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />NA -Other <br />R - Processing Waste <br />R -Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />Y -Subsidence <br />NA - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On -site <br />Y -Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On -site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />Y - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on September 18, 2012 by Mike Boulay <br />of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap <br />Coal Company (SCC) was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and warm. <br />Ground conditions were dry. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The availability of records was checked on the afternoon of 9/19/12. All required records were on file and <br />available for review at J.E. Stover & Associates offices. No problems were noted with the records review. See the <br />attached Availability of Records checklist. <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 />Reclamation work is ongoing at the North Portal and CRDA locations. Sediment Ponds 6, 10, 11, and 13 are now <br />fully reclaimed with topsoil replaced. Coal Gulch and Coal Creek remain in their current configuration and were <br />not impacted during the reclamation of the ponds. The large Coal Gulch culvert that crosses beneath the access <br />road below Pond 11 was cleaned out as requested during the last inspection (see Photograph No. 1). The <br />reclaimed pond locations for former Ponds 6, 10, 11, and 13 are shown in Photographs 2 -5. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.053; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />