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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. Coal Waste Disposal Stockpile Area The gob pile haul road was in good condition, although the road became a little muddy later in the day neaz gob pile no. 2. The outside berm was up and the road ditches had sufficient capacity. Pond C had been recently cleaned out. There was a moderate amount of standing water in the pond, just above the primary invert. A similar level of standing water was present in Pond D. Pond spillways were functional. Culverts and ditches were operational as well. Topsoil stockpile signs were up and straw bales were in place. There were no signs of erosional gullying on the topsoil stockpiles. No problems were observed at the material storage area. There have been no changes at gob pile no. 1 since the last inspection. The upland diversion ditch was functional. At gob pile no. 2, the operator was spreading out coal waste for drying. The top of the pile was wet but there was no standing water. The gob pile terraces also did not have any standing water on them. There were no signs of erosional gullying or slope instability on the gob pile outslopes. The upland diversion ditch had sufficient capacity and the two underdrains were exposed in the back of the pile, as designed. The coverfill stockpile just to the east of gob pile no. 2 was also stable. There was about one to two feet of standing water in Pond F. The primary discharge pump was in place. The operator has approval to construct a new emergency spillway for Pond F that will take the emergency discharge water over the Fire Mountain Canal. The project has not been started yet. Unit Train Loadout There were only three empty railcazs at the unit train Loadout. No problems were noted with any of the loading facilities and there was no evidence of offsite fugitive dust. The Loadout bench outslopes were stable. Sediment control structures were in place and functional. Ditches and culverts were clear. Pond J and pond K did not have any standing water in them. Pond embankments appeared to be stable and pond spillways were functional. There were no erosional problems at the main topsoil stockpile. Topsoil signs, mine ID signs and surface disturbance markers were up. Records As documented on the attached records checklist, the records were in compliance. c:/word/bowie2/insp 1105