1988-06-20_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 6/20/1988
• Doc Name: Bid Documents ‎(IMP)‎
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

REPORT PAGE 4
conveyor system that runs up the pile. He said he did not know.
The picnic pond on the lower side of the warehouse area has three
c u) vertc for a primary spillway. One of the three was punched in
slightly with a rock: from the top side. It didn' t appear as though
it would restrict flows enough to be a problem but Mr . Jones said he
would pull it out and have it fixed or replaced.
The spillway systems on the warehouse pond were functioning as
designed. It was discharging about 3-4 gallons per minute out of the
primary spillway.
The upper buss pond is scheduled for c 1 eanout this spring. The
lower one in the series, the lower bus pond, was discharging about
one gallon per minute. The Redwood tank: pond spillway systems were
functional , but this pond is also scheduled for cleanout this
spring.
An attempt was made to get up to the mine benches that are
temporarily closed. Of these, I was only able to get up to the
number threes mine. the rest of the areas were snow covered and prone
to avalanche. The number three mine road and mine was also snow
covered but I wanted to get to one of the three to investigate the
status of the buildings and the condition of the withdrawal . The
three sediment ponds for the mine as well as the ponds below the mine
bench were snow covered. It appeared as though the diversions around
the north side of the bench were intact and functioning. It was
obvious that the company has made an effort to pull out the
stockpiled materials on the bench and equipment and materials out of
the warehouses. All of the buildings were cleared with the exception
of a 50 gallon drum of "rrosto" in the cold compressor building and a
drum of oil near the high voltage house. There is a 3, 000 gallon
diesel tank: in behind the main building-shop area that is contained
within a concrete spill structure that is about half full of fuel .
Mr . Jones said he would have both of the drums removed when the area
became accessible this summer- and already had plans to pull out the
big tanks when he could.
We could see the five mine bench from the three mine. The company
has pulled out all of the buildings but one. The five mine exhaust
fan was not running. The rock: tunnel dump and i amphouse area was
inspected next . It appeared as though the clearwater diversions an
the south side of the dump were functioning but it was not possible
to walk: them out because they were snowcovered. Runoff was flowing
in the diversion during the inspection. The upper pond in the series
of three for the dump was filled with sediment . The outfall of the
lower pond was sampled by the state inspector during the inspection,
the results are forthcoming. -The lower- portion of the rock:: tunnel
dump is permited as a non- coal waste disposal area. The state
approve a. temporary location for disposal further up on the face of
the pile due to the snow conditions at the mine during the winter .
Some of the material was being blown around on the pile and some of
it had rolled dawn towards the clear water diversion. I asked Mr .
Scott if they were required to cover- the waste within a limited
period of time. He said that he was not aware of any requirement . I
told him that I was concerned with the location of the disposal area
and the fact that they were not required to cower the material within
an allotted time. I am making note of situation and intend to
request a review of the permit by our field office permitting staff