_INSPECTION - C1980007 ‎(18)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• From: DRMS
• To: Kathleen Welt
• Inspection Date: 7/17/2013
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

July 17,2013 C-1980-007/West Elk Mine JRS
Inspection Topic Summary
NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA=Not Applicable
N -Air Resource Protection R -Roads
N -Availability of Records R -Reclamation Success
N -Backfill& Grading N -Revegetation
N -Excess Spoil and Dev.Waste N - Subsidence
N -Explosives N - Slides and Other Damage
N -Fish&Wildlife N - Support Facilities On-site
R -Hydrologic Balance N - Signs and Markers
N -Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan R - Support Facilities Not On-site
N -Other N - Special Categories Of Mining
N -Processing Waste N -Topsoil
COMMENTS
This was a partial inspection of the West Elk Mine conducted by Jim Stark of the Colorado Division of
Reclamation,Mining and Safety. Kathy Welt and Jessica Loveland,representing Mountain Coal,were present on
the inspection. Additionally,Dan Gray,representing the US Forest Service,Was present on a portion of the
inspection on 18 July 2013. The main focus of this inspection was to observe the 2013 methane drainage well
drilling program. We also met up with Edith Savage, a consultant from Savage and Savage,who was performing
year-ten vegetation monitoring on the SL-04 areas. More details are available in the report below. The mine was
actively producing coal,washing coal in the prep plant,hauling refuse to the RPEE and shipping coal. The
weather was warm and sunny and there were afternoon/evening thunderstorms.
HYDROLOGIC BALANCE -Rule 4.05 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; Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water
Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Drainage —Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8;
Impoundments 4.05.6,4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18:
-Pond SG-I contained a small pool of water and was not discharging at the time of the inspection. The pond was
dry on 17 July 2013 and the water was from an evening thunderstorm. The pond embankment was well vegetated
and stable and no erosional problems were noted. The emergency spillway was stable.
-Pond FW-1 contained water approximately five feet below the spillway and was not discharging at the time of
the inspection. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable and no erosional problems were noted.
-Pond FW-2 contained water approximately three feet below the spillway and was not discharging at the time of
the inspection. The pond embankment was well vegetated and stable and no erosional problems were noted.
-Pond MB-3 contained water approximately three feet below the primary discharge pipe and was not discharging.
The pond is basically an incised pond. The pond was stable and no erosional problems were noted at the time of
the inspection. The emergency spillway was stable.
-The roadside ditch along the haul road to the Sylvester Gulch facilities area contained some sediment behind the
rock socks as a result of the thunderstorms on the night of 17 July 2013 (they were basically clean the day of the
inspection). The ditch will need to be cleaned. The ditch was overall stable and functioning as designed
(including the rock socks,which are designed to trap sediment behind them).
Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1
Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0
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