1989-10-26_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017

• Permit No: C1981017
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 10/26/1989
• Doc Name: Bid Documents ‎(IMP)‎
• Permit Index Doc Type: General Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MEIR SUPPLEMENT Page 1
May 24-26, 1989
Mid Continent Resources
, Inc . �� -777�f
PO Box 500
Carbondale, Colorado
Coal Basin mines
Carbondale Loadout
Personnel present during the inspection:
Scott Jones MidContinent Resources
Lew Ron Thompson MidContinent Resources
Jim Stevens Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division
Gary Fritz Office of Surface Mining #244
Weather and Ground Conditions at the Mine during the Inspection:
Generally Cloudy and Warm, Snow in the Higher Elevations on Thursday,
Melting Snow from Isolated Patches on the Shaded Slopes,
I . GENERAL COMMENTS
This was a complete oversight oversight inspection. The schedule
for the inspection of this mine resulted from a statistically drawn
sample of the mines in Colorado for the third quarter of the year .
The State was notified about my intent to inspect and conducted a
joint inspection with me, despite the fact that they had conducted a
complete inspection the week prior this one.
II . ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
The State has an enforcement action pending abatement on the mine.
Notice of Violation No. C-89-003 was issued for the company' s failure
to maintain their rock tunnel dump ponds' A number of modifications `
have been issued for the violation requiring additional data as well
as field compliance. It appears as though most of the requirements
have been met but the violation was not abated during this
inspection.
Following this inspection additional enforcement actions were taken
by both this office and the State of Colorado. It was found that the
company failed to comply with a number of the terms and conditions of
their permit as well as one of the performance standards.
The State wrote a violation for the company' s failure to comply
with a small area exemption. The area under the coal conveyor
beltline between the rock tunnel portal and the "D" seam stockpile is
not supposed to have any coal spilled on the surface according to the
conditions of the exemption. The beltline is designed to be self
cleaning so no spillage is to occur but it appears as though the belt
was not centered proper] y on the overhead rollers, spillage occured.
Mine run coal was noted in piles under the conveyor along the entire
length of the beltline. The drainage control for the area consists of
a series of ditches, pipes and waterbars that direct overland flow
and disturbed area water into the haul road drainage system. From
their , it drops into a receiving stream with no treatment required