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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-describear~y: enforcement actions.taken_during the inspection. _ ~ - -_ - . and the facts or evidence supporting theenforcemenfaction. __. _ _ _- - - .- - This was a complete inspection of the Seneca II-W Mine conducted on May 20 and May 21, 2002 by Mike Boulay of the DMG. Robert Shevling of Seneca Coal Company was present during the entire inspection. On May 20`s, Liza Graham and Jim Haskins from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) met with DMG and representatives from Seneca Coal Company (SCC) to inspect portions of the II-W South azea (please see Revegetation section of this inspection report). Weather conditions were cloudy with light rain. Ground conditions were generally dry throughout the majority of the site. The dragline was operating in the south pit and coal was being hauled from the mine site at the time of the inspection. H~gic Balance Site Ponds 005, 006, 009, 015, and 016 were inspected. All sedimentation ponds were full. Only Ponds 015 and 016 were discharging at the time of the inspection. SCC has been requested to repair the surface damage at the northwest corner of the Pond 006 embankment (see inspection report dated 04/24/02). Work is underway to repair the damage. Topsoil has been hauled to this location to redress the slope. All other sedimentation pond inlets, discharge structures, and. embankrnents were in good condition and no other problems were noted. As requested by DMG, SCC is in the process of preparing a technical revision to address the temporary impoundment of surface water in the 006 Gulch located north of Haul Road C and east of the B Pit pre-settling basin. Spoil material has been pushed across the 006 Gulch. The spoil material has been used to form an embankment and a temporary access road to a producing oil well. The technical revision will address removal of the impounded water and will provide a design for an access road to the oil well. Backfill & Grading Backfill and grading operations aze well underway in the A Pit. Good progress has been made in both the upper and lower ends of the A Pit. Backfill and grading has been completed in the D Pit. However, some final grading will be required in the very lower end of the D Pit in the vicinity of Road G. Road G is heavily rutted at this location and impassable. The D Pit has been seeded with a temporary seed mix to reduce erosion, until topsoil redistribution can be completed.