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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE .. ..- ;;; Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. and sealed in compliance with permit requirements, and the pad sites and associated temporary roads properly graded and seeded. The following exceptions were noted. i. LWi-S has not been sealed. Operator indicated it was left open as a remaining vent hole for the longwall district. 2. Many of the holes did not have rock check sediment traps installed within the sediment control berms, as the sites had been reclaimed prior to the incorporation of rock check sediment controls into the permit. However, unless otherwise noted, the combination of revegetation, berms, and contour furrows in place at the reclaimed drill sites appears to be effectively controlling erosion and sedimentation, and further sediment control measures are not warranted. 3. None of the sealed wells were marked with the hole I.D. number as indicated on page V-19 of the permit application. The casing caps will need to be properly marked. 4. At several well sites, casing extended a foot or more above the ground surface, and needs to be cut off in compliance with permit specifications (LW2-tiB, 4-9, 5-9, and 2-1). Dirt is mounded approximately 4' high around the well casing at LW2-4. The mound should be graded out and the casing cut off, unless appropriate justification is provided. 5. Site LW3-5 well was sealed and capped, but the site was apparently not final graded, and if seeding was done it failed. The site, adjacent to Red Wash on the old seismic road is barren, compacted, and rilled, and there is a small soil stockpile remaining. The site should be graded, ripped, soil respread, and seeded. Sediment control including rock checks should be installed. A culvert associated with reclaimed access road between LW3-5 and 3-6 remains in place at a gully crossing. The culvert needs to be pulled, and fill removed from the gully. The upper 150 to 200 yards of the reclaimed access road between the seismic road and LW4-9 is barren and rutted, and should be ripped and seeded. A poorly stabilized road segment between LW3-10 and 3-12 should be similarly treated. 6. LW4-17 well has not been sealed, and site reclamation has not been performed. Unless justification for retaining this well is provided, the well should be closed, and the site graded, topsoiled, and seeded. Rock check sediment controls should be installed upon completion of reclamation.