_ENFORCEMENT - C1981017 ‎(12)‎

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Name: Bid Documents ‎(IMP)‎ Violation CV-91-02-355-002
• Media Type: D
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sediment load storm hydrograph and what the stream channel dynamics
were. Out of curiosity we returned to below the confluence of the
unnamed drainage and Dutch Creek where the situation had reversed
itself, the unnamed drainage was the clearer of the two streams.
We inspected Portal pad #1. Non-coal waste was evident on an old
bench to the south and east of the actual pad. I remember looking
into non-coal waste stored there when I was on site in 1983 and
believe there was a temporary permit to allow it at the time.
However, both the company and Dan said on this inspection that the
area was not permitted for non-coal waste storage. This area needs
to be cleaned up.
Portal#1 is no longer needed for coal removal because the rock
tunnel accesses the #1 mine seam. However, according to the
company it is used when the mine is active for delivering aggregate
to the longwall. The aggregate is stored in the silos on the pad.
The company pointed out the vegetation test plots in place in the
avalanche chute below the old bench. Though gullying cut through
the plots some areas remained and were well-vegetated. These areas
have held up to numerous avalanches. We could also see several
natural avalanche chutes from the pad, some near pad #4. These
appear well-vegetated, so the natural conditions are not such that
each avalanche scours to bedrock, or completely inhibits
vegetation, though obviously no trees exist in the chutes.
We walked down the haulroad. At the first switchback BTCA basins
for haulroad were in place. The first two were completely silted
in but the third had some settling capacity. Slope carrying
drainage to these basins is downcut. Farther down we came to
culvert D-5 which was 30-40% silted in. Dan said when he saw this
culvert 2 weeks prior, it was much cleaner. Much of the road
drainage system falls into this type of high maintenance scenario.
The ditch on the inside of the road to pad #2 completely filled in.
The entryway to the mine consists of the mantrip and coal conveyor.
The rollers and belt have been removed, but not much of anything
else. The coal bin on the lower pad collapsed under snow - it was
dismantled and the scrap stored below at the training site. When
questioned concerning the timeliness of reclamation of this pad now
that the coal is accessed through the rock tunnel the company
stated that the potential buyer for the site may be interested in
pulling pillars from this side, that the pillars cannot be accessed
through the rock tunnel. I don't understand why this potal pad has
not been dismantled and reclaimed prior to this, but at this time
considering the other immediate work the company needs to do, will
acccept that there is a viable reason for it to remain. The State
needs to verify the viability of pillar removal from the portal.
If it is not truly a viable consideration, reclamation of this pad
is long overdue. Also, non-coal waste needs to be removed from
this pad now.
There were numerous rills and gullies on the outslope fill of the