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III. Comments - Compliance <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of <br />observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any <br />enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or eviaence <br />supporting the enforcement action. <br />On June 19, 1991 a partial inspection was conducted at the Hawks <br />Nest Mine. The weather was partly cloudy and threatening rain. <br />The ground was dry and it did not appear that it has rained in <br />the past several days. This mine has had its permit revoked and <br />its bond forfeited. <br />Demolition was continuing at the wash plant and shop/office area. <br />It appeared that about 1/4 of the wash plant had been demolished. <br />Metal storage silos and bins were being cut up. The portal and <br />fan housing were still intact. The garage had been removed but <br />the foundation was still there. <br />The reclamation at the west area looked good. The riprap channels <br />did not appear to have carried any water this year. <br />One concern was noted, not related to the current Hawks Nest <br />mine, but with the workings associated with the D seam Oliver <br />Mine. Erosion of the coal outcrop had exposed three rooms of the <br />old workings. These openings were along the roof of the coal just <br />under the sandstone outcrop. In the Oliver mine plan map prepared <br />in 1930 the area of concern is labeled "old workings". The area <br />is located along the road southwest of the concrete silos. The <br />location of the rooms match the ones on the map. These may <br />require sealing by the inactive mines program. The first <br />opening,from west to east, is about 2 feet by 1 foot. The second <br />opening was 6 feet by 1 foot. A spring was issuing from the <br />bottom of this embankment at about 30 GPM. This was flowing into <br />the ditch along the road and then into a culvert to the river. In <br />the future the Division should take a water sample of this <br />discharge because of potential impacts to the new Somerset Mine. <br />The third opening was the largest and was 8 feet long by up to <br />2.5 feet wide. The hillside above the openings is very unstable <br />and is a slide and rockfall hazard. Photos were taken to document <br />this area. <br />