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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 was a complete inspection of the Seneca II Mine conducted on March 30, 2004 by Mike Boulay of the DMG. Roy Karo of Seneca Coal Company (SCC) was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cool. Most of the mine site was damp from recent precipitation. There were isolated azeas of drifted snow and some locations were saturated from snowmelt and runoff. Other than the use of the shop and truck wash facilities, there was no activity at the mine site. Availability of Records With the following exceptions, all required records were on file and available for review at the Seneca II Mine office. See the attached records checklist at the end of this inspection report. Please update the records file with the Midterm Review No. 4 dated 1999 and the Fourth Permit Renewal Findings of Compliance Document. Roads Access to the site was limited to the Permanent Road accessing the Upper Wolf Creek azea and the county road Leading to the Wadge Impoundment and Pecoco Pond. The lower portion of the Permanent Road above the Wadge Impoundment was heavily rutted and had some standing water. The site was accessible to the top of the former Wolf Creek Pit. All other mine site roads were impassable due to very muddy conditions. A significant gully has formed immediately north of the culvert crossing where Post Mine Channel PM-6 flows beneath the Permanent Road above Post Mine Channel PM-1. Please repair the gully or construct an adequately armored road drainage runout at this location. There was flowing water in the ditches azound the two boneyazds. Culvert 53A located beneath the access road to the New Boneyazd needs to be cleaned out and maintained. It was flowing water at the time of the inspection, however, the inlet side is partially buried and the ditch needs to be maintained and cleaned out on the outlet side. Please continue to maintain ditches, culverts, and road drainage site wide. Hvdroloeic Balance Sedimentation Ponds 002, 003, the Truck Wash ponds, and the Pecoco Pond were inspected. Ponds 002, 003, and the Pecoco Pond were full and dischazging cleaz water. The Truck Was holding pond was neazly full but was not dischazging. Pond inlets, embankments and discharge structures appeared to be stable and no problems were noted at these pond locations. Access to Ponds 004 and C03 was not possible due to muddy and saturated road conditions.