2012-07-13_REPORT - C1981012 (2)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O R A D OQ I V I S 1 0 N O F Denver, Colorado 80203 RECLAMATION Phone: (303) 866 -3567 MINING FAX: (303) 832 -8106 —&— SAFETY July 13, 2012 John W. Hickenlooper Re: New Elk Coal Mine, C1981 -012, First Quarter 2012 Waste Bank Inspection Report Review Dear Mr. Thompson: The Division previously sent a Waste Bank Inspection Review letter to New Elk Coal Company on February 8, 2012. Items identified in the February 8, 2012 letter, that have not been resolved by New Elk Coal Company are restated below. 1. 4.10.2(2)(b) and (c): Noted in the 3r Quarter 2011 Wast Bank Report (RDA) under the heading "Activity During Inspection:" is the statement, "Operator was relocating previously place refuse from the back northwest quarter to the from one -third of the working surface." The Division believes this is a typo and needs to be corrected. The sentence does not explain where the refuse was being moved to. Please correct this part of the report. 2. On November 1, 2011 the Division sent NECC a review of the Second Quarter 2011 Waste Bank reports. The Division identified that compaction data for DWDA 42 had not been included with the report and requested that this information be submitted within two weeks of the Division's letter. To date, the compaction data for second quarter 2011 DWDA 42 has not been received by the Division. Please submit this data to the Division. 3. Rule 4.09. 1 (1 1)(b) requires submittal of the waste bank inspection reports within 2 weeks of conducting the inspection. The Division has not yet received Fourth Quarter 2011 Waste Bank Reports for DWDA, RDA, or DWDA #2. The reports should have been received no later than January 14, 2012. Please submit copies of the Fourth Quarter 2011 Waste Bank reports to the Division immediately. The Division received New Elk Coal Company's First Quarter 2012 Waste Bank Inspection Report on July 1, 2012. Two disposal areas were inspected by New Elk Coal Company, LLC and included in their report, the Development Waste Disposal Area (DWDA) south of State Highway 12 and west of the main facility Access Road and the Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the Purgatoire River. Construction has been completed on the DWDA as well as reclamation of the surface. The RDA is currently in construction and refuse has been intennittently placed in 1 -2 foot lifts where it is dried and then compacted. Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines Governor Mr. Ron Thompson Mine Manager Mike King New Elk Coal Company Executive Director 122 W First Street Loretta E. Pineda Trinidad, CO 81082 Director Re: New Elk Coal Mine, C1981 -012, First Quarter 2012 Waste Bank Inspection Report Review Dear Mr. Thompson: The Division previously sent a Waste Bank Inspection Review letter to New Elk Coal Company on February 8, 2012. Items identified in the February 8, 2012 letter, that have not been resolved by New Elk Coal Company are restated below. 1. 4.10.2(2)(b) and (c): Noted in the 3r Quarter 2011 Wast Bank Report (RDA) under the heading "Activity During Inspection:" is the statement, "Operator was relocating previously place refuse from the back northwest quarter to the from one -third of the working surface." The Division believes this is a typo and needs to be corrected. The sentence does not explain where the refuse was being moved to. Please correct this part of the report. 2. On November 1, 2011 the Division sent NECC a review of the Second Quarter 2011 Waste Bank reports. The Division identified that compaction data for DWDA 42 had not been included with the report and requested that this information be submitted within two weeks of the Division's letter. To date, the compaction data for second quarter 2011 DWDA 42 has not been received by the Division. Please submit this data to the Division. 3. Rule 4.09. 1 (1 1)(b) requires submittal of the waste bank inspection reports within 2 weeks of conducting the inspection. The Division has not yet received Fourth Quarter 2011 Waste Bank Reports for DWDA, RDA, or DWDA #2. The reports should have been received no later than January 14, 2012. Please submit copies of the Fourth Quarter 2011 Waste Bank reports to the Division immediately. The Division received New Elk Coal Company's First Quarter 2012 Waste Bank Inspection Report on July 1, 2012. Two disposal areas were inspected by New Elk Coal Company, LLC and included in their report, the Development Waste Disposal Area (DWDA) south of State Highway 12 and west of the main facility Access Road and the Refuse Disposal Area (RDA) located north of State Highway 12 and the Middle Fork of the Purgatoire River. Construction has been completed on the DWDA as well as reclamation of the surface. The RDA is currently in construction and refuse has been intennittently placed in 1 -2 foot lifts where it is dried and then compacted. Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines