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Ili. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are eomments 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 was a partial field inspection of portions of the Roadside North and South Portals Mine. There was no operator contact present. Weather was clear, and hot. There has been no significant precipitation at the mine in several weeks. Portions of the CRDA-1 and CRDA-2 refuse piles and adjacent areas, the North Portal reclamation area, and the recently reclaimed conveyor corridor segment were inspected. Roads Road surfaces and drainage structures were well maintained and functional. Hvdroloaic Balance Sediment Control structures in the areas inspected were well maintained and functional. Sediment Ponds 6, 10, 11, and 13, and the CBA-1 SAE sump were observed; all were dry. The SAE silt fence at the North Portal was intact and functional. The riprap transition zone drop structure approved in TR-42 has not yet been installed. The structure is to be installed as designed in the location of the former Haul Road 2 crossing of Coal Creek adjacent to Pond 13. This structure should be installed as soon as possible. Backfilling and Grading Reclamation of the northern segment of the conveyor corridor was recently completed in compliance with the approved reclamation schedule. Facilities removal had previously been completed. Backfilling and grading, topsoiling, drill seeding, mulching and crimping operations were completed in June and July. The entire corridor was not walked, but from a distance it appeared that the graded slopes were well blended into the adjacent terrain. Processing Waste Coaly material, some mixed in with a high percentage of soil, had been hauled to the temporary road on CRDA-1 during clean-up of the conveyor corridor in May and June. The material was spread, graded, and compacted along the road as approved. Drainage dips had been restored along the temporary following completion of grading, but some additional work appears to be warrahted. Specifically, the dip features need to be extended at the lower end of each of the refuse terrace drains, to ensure that all drainage from each of the terrace drains will be captured by the road dip and conveyed across the temporary road into the riprapped perimeter ditch. Some additional grading may be necessary along the length of the dips to ensure proper gradient and capacity. The truck turn-around area at the upper end of the road had been properly roughened following completion of the project, and will need to be seeded.