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October 17, 2012 C-1981-044/Williams Fork Mines ZTT <br /> Inspection Topic Summary <br /> NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable <br /> Y -Air Resource Protection R -Roads <br /> N -Availability of Records R -Reclamation Success <br /> R -Backfill &Grading N -Revegetation <br /> N -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste N - Subsidence <br /> N -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage <br /> N -Fish&Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site <br /> R -Hydrologic Balance R - Signs and Markers <br /> Y -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br /> R -Other N - Special Categories Of Mining <br /> Y -Processing Waste R -Topsoil <br /> COMMENTS <br /> This was a complete inspection conducted on October 17, 2012 by Zach Trujillo. Brian Watterson of Peabody <br /> accompanied me on the inspection. <br /> BACKFILL and GRADING—Rule 4.14 <br /> Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1;Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2;Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br /> Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27;Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br /> The backfilled and regraded Mine No. 4 portal area remained stable and well vegetated at the time of the <br /> inspection. There was no evidence of slumping, settling or cracking in the backfill. <br /> HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 <br /> Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br /> Diversions 4.05.4, Effluent Limits 4.05.2, Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br /> Drainage —Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br /> All ponds inspected were dry due to little to no precipitation. Embankments were vegetated and stable with no <br /> slumping or erosion. <br /> No.5 Mine Dewatering pump remains down.No water has been pumped and Ponds 5-P5, 5-P6 and 5-P7 are dry <br /> with no discharge from NPDES point 003. <br /> NPDES point 022 was discharging at a very light trickle. <br /> Culvert 34 noted in the November 2012 report remains partially blocked by dirt from the eastern embankment. <br /> Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3 <br /> Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br />