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MINESITE INSPECTION NARRATIVE 6 provisions of the permit, the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Insurance---The certificate of insurance was issued on 08/30/92 and expires on 08/30/93 . Mid-Continent Resources is listed as the insured with liability coverage in the amount of $2,000, 000.00 general aggregate. The certificate did not list the operations insured nor was the cancellation language considered to be adequate. DMG stated that the copy on file in their office contains the correct and required information. Ownership and Control---Pitkin Iron Co. , is the current operator at the Coal Basin Mine. This information was provided by Diane Delaney who stated that her salary and the salaries of other employees working at the mine are paid by Pitkin Iron. Ms. Delaney makes the day-to-day operational decisions on the site and represents the mine during inspections and board hearings. Pitkin Iron and its officers and directors are not identified in the mine plan. This information is required under Rules 2 . 03 .4 (3) and 1. 04 (83a) (b) (ii) . This requirement is addressed as violation number 2 in Ten-Day Notice (TDN) 93-02-352- 006 TV3 . Subsidence Monitoring---A permit revision in 1986 allowed the subsidence monitoring to be discontinued. Subsidence was measured in 1988 in preparation for an application for permit renewal. At that time the monitoring point with the greatest amount of subsidence was TP-6 which had subsided 2 .7 feet since 1985. The total subsidence for this point is 6. 29 feet. Pond Inspections---Thirty-three ponds, including the pond at the loadout, are inspected on a quarterly basis. The ponds that are the subject of DMG Notice of Violation (NOV) C-93-098, issued this inspection, do not appear on the inspection reports. These ponds will also have to be inspected on a quarterly basis. Reports are up-to-date for the last year.