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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. This aerial inspection was flown on February 7, 2003. There were no compliance problems observed during the overflight. The digital images were reviewed on February 14, 2003. The snow cover was complete at the higher elevations and only partial at the lower elevations. There was no activity observed onsite. Train Loadout There was partial snow cover at the loadout, although the roads and most other open azeas on the bench levels were cleaz. The pond was mostly cleaz of snow. There were no signs of erosional gullies on the bench outslopes. All of the roads appeazed to be passable: No problems with any of the facilities were observed. All three entrance gates appeazed to be open but no coal haul trucks or train railcazs were on site. ROM Pile The run-of--mine (ROM) pile was completely covered in snow, including the sediment pond and the haul road. There was some mine equipment in one corner of the material storage azea. West Mine The West Mine was completely covered in snow, including the sediment ponds and all roads. No problems with slope or sediment pond embankment instability were observed at the West Mine reclaimed portal bench azea and at the fan site azea. East Mine The paved haul road was cleaz of snow and appeazed to be passable. The dirt road was snow covered, as were the benches. Bench outslopes and the portal bench highwall were generally clear of snow. There were no problems with slope instability with any of the cut and fill slopes and at the West Ridge Waste Pile. The sediment pond at the West Ridge Waste Pile was covered in snow. c: \word\b owi e 1 \insp0203 .