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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 January 9, 2001. The digital images were reviewed on January l2, 2001. No compliance problems were observed during the overflight. There was some snow in scattered locations around the mine site. Roads All of the roads were clear of snow and were passable. The operator watered a section of road that included a portion of the mine entrance road and Old Highway 133. The road wash runoff ran over the side of the Old.Highway 133 outslope and into the ditch leading into pond B. The runoff was very black but all of it made its way into a nearly empty pond B. Facilities The downhill conveyor is in operation. The coal stockpile at the bottom of the hill and the coal stockpile on the portal bench are fairly moderate in size now. A front end loader was being used to load coal into haul trucks at the bottom of the hill. The outslope of the lower coal stockpile bench is taking on a black hue, due to coal dust from the coal stockpile. A loading bin is in the process of being erected a[ this site. Replacing a front end loader with a loading bin will cut down the fugitive dust along Old Highway 133. The operator has installed railing at the lower parking lot, the upper parking lot and around the conveyor belt, as it goes underneath the outer edge of the portal bench. Gob Pile The operator has placed subsoil on the outslope of the second lift, as the lift progresses upward. An excavator was on site, working on the outslope of the second lift. There were a few small piles of coal refuse at the back of the gob pile, waiting for grading and compaction. There was no ponding of water on top of the gob pile.