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III. GOMMENTS -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 partial minesite inspection conducted on the afternoon of May 24 and the morning of May 25. The focus of the inspection on May 24 was to check operator's progress in completing rill and gully repair work as required for abatement of NOV CV-2003 014, Focus of the inspection on the morning of May 25 was to assess the significance of slumps on highwall reduction slopes in the "D" Pit and "A" Pit areas, and the Pond 016A inslope, and consider appropriate remedial measures, Roy Karo of SCC was present on the inspection both days. On May 25, DMG engineer Byron Walker participated in the inspection to observe and assess the slide areas. John Pellicer, a consulting engineer with MWH, consultant to Seneca Cbal Company, was also present on the May 25 inspection. Weather on the 24`" was overcast with intermittent light rain showers. Weather on the 25`" was partly cloudy and cool. NOV CV-2003-014 Abatement Compliance The extended abatement deadline for NOV CV-2003-014 is June 19, 2004. Substantial progress had been made since the previous inspection, and work was continuing. It appeared that all of the old breached contour ditches in the "A" Pit reclamation had been properly eliminated, and that most if not all of the hillslope gullies in the "A" Pit Area had been graded and topsoiled. Grading had been properly completed along the upper segment of 005 Gulch that had eroded, and was subject to the NOV, and a series of 13 rock check dams had been installed along the drainage, to moderate flow and facilitate vegetation establishment. Work had been initiated on various other permanent channel segments subject to the NOV, but some grading and riprap installation remains to be completed. Hillslope gully regrading is still necessary in the immediate vicinity of Topsoil Stockpile "GG", and in the lower porcions of the 005 Gulch watershed, near the "Duck Pond" stock tank. Some additional grading work is necessary to fully eliminate the old temporary diversion and eliminate the gully above the road culvert on 006-S1 drainage. Reseeding is yet to be completed in most of the gully repair areas. I[ appears that substantial progress has been made, and it appears that the operator is on track and diligently working to ensure that the abatement work will be properly completed by the June 19 abatement deadline. Roads 1 Roads were wet from recent precipitation, but the roads observed appeared to be properly maintained. ~ The "G" Road outlet ditch, which conveys road drainage into the undisturbed segment of the 005 stream channel just upstream from Stock Tank T-22, had been properly regraded and large riprap had been installed.