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~` <br /> <br />vortex fin were intact on spillway inlet. Pond embankment was well vegetated and <br />appeared stable. <br />Sediment pond 006, located at Mine #1, was not inspected. <br />Backfill & Grading -Active pit is located at the New Horizon Mine #2. Backfill and <br />grading appeared completed up to the pit haul road, to within 150' of the pit. <br />Revegetation of backfilled areas appeared within approximately 300' of pit. Several <br />dozers, truck/loader teams, and one power shovel were excavating overburden from the <br />coal seam. Vegetation had been removed ahead of the advancing pit highwall, <br />approximately 200'. Operator stated that topsoil will be winrowed along the active side <br />of the pit and transported by scraper to trailing reclamation areas. <br />Side role irrigation equipment was stockpiled along active pit side, awaiting transport to <br />reclamation areas. <br />Several isolated locations of settling, within the reclaimed areas, had been recently <br />backfilled and graded to blend with surrounding topography. <br />