2013-08-19_REPORT - C1996083 (2)

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Notes for site visit August 14, 2013: 1 arrived on site about 9 and met with Bill who took me around the site. We stopped first at Pond C which has been mostly dewatered. At this point it will just take time for it to be dry enough to remove the sediment. The sediment is still very wet and soupy. We next went to the Gob pile. Progress has been made on the top, eastern most portion of the pile. It is likely that area will be nearly to grade, or at least most of the material will at least be placed and compacted by the August 30 NOV abatement deadline. It may not be completely done, but it will be close. In the TR -76 expansion area, the 'gob drying area' is being managed, but not a lot of progress is noticeable between last week and this week. They are actively working the newly end dumped gob, and weather conditions have been favorable for drying. Coverfill salvaged from the expansion area was being mixed with wet gob in an effort to dry the gob. It is unlikely placing and compacting all of this material will be complete before the NOV abatement deadline. Another extension request for NOV abatement may be necessary. Before using the coverfill material for gob drying efforts, approximately 10 trucks of topsoil were hauled to the topsoil stockpile. We walked around the gob pile on the lower benches and discovered more storm related damage and areas that need repair. There were some good size rills on bench # 3, so those areas will need to be repaired. Ditches F2 and F12 need to be cleaned out and graded back toward the pile in order to keep water from running over the face of the pile. We looked at the finished reconstructed D -F4. It looks good. Pond F still has a small amount of water, and sediment in the pond bottom. It will take some time for the sediment to be dry enough to clean out. At gob pile #3, more coverfill is being salvaged for placement in the stockpile. While working on a revision for the gob pile #3 area, I reviewed the as -built topography of ditches J9 -1, 2 and 3. There were flat spots in each ditch segment. So, the surveyor is going to re -stake the grades on the ditches next week and it is anticipated that regrading will occur next week as well. Regrading has to occur before gob can be hauled to gob pile #3 as the diversion ditches still need to be certified. Ditch C -14 located near curve six on the road up to the office was also damaged during the storm. It will need to be repaired. Enforcement discretion has been applied for, it has not yet been granted.