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<br />Bdorv ana terrrt~nte m ore YupsJYon. 7tie eonr~rlb YmLde dkr„sebn d dxervatlane made dudrq the hapenLan. Camrlis aloe <br />desuibe ^N edorcentent aOiuts talann duvg ere iispemon and tle lards er e`idence siyponiq the edanmaM action. <br />11rie was s partial impectim of the SaNdldd Mine canduaed by 3uear Piaptsier of CDMG. the opererim ie <br />active end anrn'attly producing coal.. <br />Oraad eooditime during the irrpectim were dry. Wedher was clew end hot 7fe area had rtxeivted rain the <br />peat two nigks, sad off and m fhe peat two wedu. <br />Halters <br />71te eanplowea darage sea SAB appeared to have fiawtioned well doting recast rams. lttmoffhed pooled in <br />Sront of sd pawed tlantngh the draw bald el the ndA}eeet sea of the pad. Uplsd rnunoff eppesed W have <br />beat divested by tle upgradient ditch, and routed laud the pile, the divaaim ditdn was um good cadrtim. <br />11e rift farce at fire rock duet dame SAE had bear repaired, and it appeared that nmo8'Sao the pad had <br />pa®ed though the force. <br />Sedmtatfatim porch 1 and 3 both held watt a< the diecitsge level, but was not being diacltsged <br />Sedimatatim pond 4 held water vrdl below the fitted tpillw~ (2'-3' below} Some of the porde had vegetatim <br />growing ie than, and should be monitored W tawue ~ capacity ie aot omtpto®aed <br />the ttcua road drantage ditch and Ditch CD-1 both treed to be meiatained immediately. While still Smctiorml, <br />the ditdtes are quite Sell rd'aediroert sad tn~ tat perfomtwdl in ireary rains 'The Pend 3 inlet euhrat ww <br />slightly silted m (about l" ~ along irattam), cod should be monitored w stem mac the silt fluettea with the <br />nod rain, and does not meets dreg fa drop out additidosl eedintatt <br />1fie north neSnse ditdt wee poadirg water ad needed to be ~ 11rae was a high spot errafed by a tarp <br />vvlrich caned water to pool at the tae of the reSnx piles lhia should be canceled hartediatety. '[hoe was also a <br />eedim whore ntroffhad puehal reStse mdaial itto tie ditch While not impaling flow or wnaing ware to <br />pool, themeteriel wouldn+etinceflow opacity and ahouldbermnoved. <br />Ttdiree was being end dmm~ped m the rdhae pile, m dte upper bench. the middle tteaeh had a lift of fmn that <br />appeared to be complete; in tint that were eottrpacWr btadta atrto®tbe top of it the Ii8 was up to <br />~prondrrntdy 314 fiat in thidrnew. the operator indicted tlat tie lift was not oompletq sd had yet to be <br />"bads' to flral thiedmae. After baekdrap~ging the Ids will teed to be reeompatxed During the led three <br />irepextiore, appar~mt vaidione San rte 2' mtnndmum lib tlrie~ttese have tKat observed In each iretance, the <br />operaWr ttu htdicted that the lift would be berYdragged W proper tlric~rs9. DMG is caocvrled tlrd lifts ur <br />eaxew of 2' arc sgsln beatg camtruaed, so was cited m Notice of Yoldim No. a97.002 3ioee m Oral lifts m <br />e~ of 2' have boa observed, DMG did trot take tmfotranatt actime. DMG will, however, cmtitate to <br />cloedy moniWr coneftudim of the pile and review the operator's qusterly brepectim reponta for rte piles <br />Since the last urpectim report, DMG recelved copies of the opaator'e it std ?rd quarts vtede pile uspextim <br />reports tt was noted tt~ the teporte did rot itehtde the nmtber and locum of all ooapactim fate pafoored <br />m the pile, w requirod by the eatrr+attb+ approved permit ~plictim packrgr" '!Iris omiwim was diewtaed with <br />the opaaWr . sd the operator indicated he had the infortmtim but if. had not been included in the report All <br />Smnre rcpnb mnR ccahin tlria mfonndioa Additiaally, DMG will requirs tlmt the operator euhmit the <br />itdaemdim for the 1 st and Zod goatee of 1997 bq August is.1997. <br />c~gt-01a <br />July 31,1987 <br />