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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE - - Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made. during the inspection. Comr:~ents also describe airy enforcement.actionstoken during-the inspection.. - . and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. -. - - - This was a partial inspection of the Seneca II-W Mine conducted on Apri124, 2002 by Mike Boulay of the DMG. Robert Shevling of Seneca Coal Company was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were clear and cool. Ground conditions were dry throughout the mine site. Auger coal was being hauled from the eastern end of the A pit at the time of the inspection, and the dragline was operating in the South Area pit. Hvdroloeic Balance Site Ponds 005 and 006 were inspected. Sedimentation Pond 005 is now holding water for the first time since it was cleaned out in September of last year. Pond 005 is neazly full but was not dischazging at the time of the inspection. Pond 006 was full and dischazging cleaz water. Vehicle tracks and equipment have damaged the surface of the Pond 006 embankment at the northwest corner of the pond. Please repair the surface damage to at the northwest corner of the embankment, prior to the next inspection. As noted in previous inspection reports, water has been impounded in the 006 Gulch located north of Haul Road C and east of the B Pit pre-settling basin (see reports dated August and September, 2001). The impounded water is located in spoil material from the A Pit. Following the August and September inspections, SCC agreed to remove the water from the impoundment and discharge it to either the B Pit pre-settling basin or Pond 006. Following removal of the water, SCC agreed to commence backfill and grading operations in this immediate area. During this inspection, it was noted that spoil material has been pushed across the 006 Gulch forming a temporary access road and impounding water in the 006 Gulch. To ensure compliance, please continue to remove the water from the impoundment and commence backfill and grading operations at this location. Backfilling and grading the area in accordance with the approved backfill and grading plan will effectively eliminate the impoundment and allow water to drain from the 006 Gulch to the B Pit pre-settling basin or Pond 006. Backfill and Gradine A slide occurred in the lower end of the A Pit, on the south side of the pit azea. Spoil material has been pushed across the entire width of the A pit at this location to stabilize the slide. Good progress has been made in backfill and grading the eastern end of the A Pit.