_INSPECTION - C1981035 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Tom Bird
• Inspection Date: 11/26/2012
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

November 26, 2012 C-1981-035/King Coal Mine MLT
OTHER(SPECIFY):
• GCC is moving forward with the La Plata County Land Use process, triggered by a proposed
modification to the mine's Coal lease with the BLM.
SUPPORT FACILITIES -Rule 4.04:
• Work continues on completing the foundation for the new office/bath house building at King
11. GCC would like to construct the entire building now, but the County is withholding the
building permit pending issuance of the Special Use Permit. Employees will continue to use
the bath house at King I.
• An additional office trailer has been recently installed at the site, at the southwest corner of
existing cluster of trailers. The "zircon" storage container that had occupied that spot was
relocated to the west side of the other storage containers.
• Petroleum products at King II were stored in the three-sided storage shed, with proper
secondary containment. Stored items included fuel tanks, various 55-gallon drums, and
miscellaneous engine and equipment parts.
• A shipment of potable water was being off-loaded from a tanker truck at the pump house,
and pumped to the storage tank located above the facility.
SIGNS AND MARKERS —Rule 4.02:
• A mine identification sign was posted at the entrance to the King 11 facilities on County Road
120. The operator and permit information shown on this sign agrees with the information
provided in the permit(Photo 5).
• Surface disturbance markers were placed at regular intervals around the King I and King 11
surface facilities.
TOPSOIL—Rule 4.06
Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4.06.3; Redistribution
4.06.4:
King II
• Reclamation requirements for the Coal Mine Waste Pile are detailed in Section 2.05.4 of the
permit. A thickness of 3.5 feet of"fill material" will cover the CMW, and 6 inches of"plant
growth medium" will be placed on top of the fill material. During the inspection, Mr.
Wymore pointed out some material (colluvium)that was salvaged from the southern hillside
and has been stockpiled upstream (east) of the pile for use in reclaiming the structure (Photo
6). As construction of the pile proceeds, the plant growth medium and fill material must
continue to be stockpiled separately, with each pile being signed accordingly.
King II
• The large topsoil stockpile at King 11 is reasonably well vegetated and stable with respect to
erosion.
• The berm surrounding the stockpile was intact, preventing the loss of any of the topsoil
resource.
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 3
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 2 Page 4 of 9