_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
• Archive: No

road for approximately 1700 linear feet. This was from right below
the switchback below #1 almost all the way to the training center.
Some of the gullies measured as deep as 3 feet. There were a few
stunted ponderosa pine in the material which had been planted by
Doug Bowman. Later in the inspection we saw really nice stands of
ponderosa pine planted at the same time (as seedlings -free from
the Forest Service) that were 12 ft tall, which unfortunately are
being girdled by porcupines. The difference in growth could have
been elevation, nature of the material the trees were planted in
or the fact that the stunted ones were on the downslope.
Prior to reaching the training site we came across a office type
trailer with very little of the siding intact. After I stated that
this should be hauled away, the company said it was MSHA's
property. Upon return to AFO, I contacted Shawn Parsons, property
manangement of MSHA (FTS 554-5400) . He found out that it belonged
to Bureau of Mines; Lynn Mosely of BOM (776-0260)believed it had
been assigned to the School of Mines. He believed that surely it
had been written off by now. He said he would pass the word along
to the School of Mines and they could contact this office.
As previously stated, the non-coal waste that used to be the coal
bin was piled in the parking lot of the training site. This and
other non-coal waste around the site needs to be removed.
From the training site to the switchback the road appeared
unusually wide. The company stated that at that location it was
approximately 601wide but that most of the roads were 35 - 40 '
wide.
We drove up to Mine #3 stopping at the lower pad where the dam for
a sediment pond had been widened in response to one of the
violations written last October. Also noted the non-coal waste on
this pad.
Pad #3 is extremely "trashed out", with not only non-coal waste
everywhere, but also piles of actual garbage on site. Outslopes
associated with Mine #5 can be seen from the far side of the pad;
the slopes have some vegetation from the vegetation test plots MRI
did.
We walked down the road. Some natural vegetation is creeping back
on the otherwise bare cut and fill slopes. The defined ditch
disappears a ways down from the pad. Gullies up to 3 feet deep are
noted on the ouslope of the road. We reached an area where the
culverts had recently been replaced because of the problems evident
during the road review. Some durable looking riprap was in place,
along with some shale. Also one of the two culverts installed was
too short and the discharge end was sitting on natural ground with
no spill apron or protection. This soil will be washed away as the
channel changes in reponse to the new culvert discharge area. We
remained on foot for a short ways on this road - the ditches defied
definition and erosion across the road at various times dropped the
run-off down the outslope in inappropriate areas.