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• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: Inspection Report
• Inspection Date: 3/25/2003
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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 d~uing the inspection
and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
This was a complete quarterly inspection of the Roadside Mine facility areas and office
records, conducted by Dan Mathews of DMG. Records were inspected on the afternoon of
3/25/03; field inspection was begun on 3!26/03 and concluded on 3/31/03. I was
accompanied on the inspection by Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) on
3/25 through 3/28, and was unaccompanied on 3/31. Ms. Hammond assisted with the
collection of refuse slope, ditch, and channel measurements included in this report.
Weather conditions during the course of the inspection ranged from cloudy and cool to clear
and mild, with no significant precipitation, although there were brief rain showers and snow
flurries. There had been a fairly intense rain/hail storm in the mine vicinity the weekend
prior to initiation of the inspection. Winter and spring precipitation so far has been at or
above normal levels.
This report is organized into three major sections; (11 Topic Specific Observations, (2)
Refuse Area Slope and Terrace Drain Measurements and Compliance Evaluation, and (3)
Ditch and Channel Measurements and Compliance Evaluation. The refuse pile slope
measurements, ditch measurements, and channel measurements will assist in the evaluation
of compliance associated with the Phase I bond release currently under review. Slope
measurements on the CRDA-1 and CRDA-2 refuse areas focused on the upper benches that
were reclaimed during 2002, because extensive measurements documenting compliance of
the lower benches were taken during a special focus inspection in August 1997 (see DMG
inspection report dated 8/29/97 and addendum of 10/17/97.)
TOPIC SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS
Availability of Records
Records were checked at the offices of J.E. Stover and Associates on 3-25-03. Required
records were on file and up-to-date through the 4'" Quarter, 2002. See DMG records form
attached.
Roads
Roads were in generally good condition, however maintenance is warranted in several
locations to repair minor rutting, rills at certain ditch relief drain locations, and sediment
accumulations in certain ditch segments. Specific locations noted include:
Road Maintenance Items
11 An apparent piping type erosion feature was observed along the side of the permanent
road within the North Decline reclaimed area; approximately 50 yards down the road from
the upper boundary gate. The hole, approximately 18" in diameter and at least several feet
deep should be filled in.
2) The lower section of the North Decline road ditch, extending from the vicinity of Pond 7
down to the lower boundary of the disturbed area, exhibited washing and tilling from recent