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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Beiow 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 complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. Bill Bear represented the operator. The weather was dry but the site received an intense stone just a few days ago. The longwall is in the B-seam and is fully operational. Main Mine There were no recent rockfalls behind the rock catchment berm. The berm appeared to be very stable with no evidence of any movement. The outside berm on the utilities bench was in place. The ditch to the rear of the utilities bench will need some maintenance soon, however. The seep just to the west of the utilities bench was wet but not flowing. The road up to the utilities bench was in good condition. No problems were observed with the D-seam portal bench facilities. There were no leaks at the fuel bam. There was only a small amount of coal that was stockpiled on the D-seam portal bench and there were no problems with fugitive dust. There were no signs of cut and fill slope instability except with the small slump above the haul road just before you enter the D-seam portal bench azea. The slump is getting a little bigger but does not present any hazard or problem at this time. The operator has done an excellent job of backfilling, grading and seeding the azeas disturbed by the construction of the conveyor system from the B-seam portal bench to the D-seam portal bench. The culverts and ditches were functional and the material storage areas were in good order. The cap and powder houses were locked. The paved haul road up to this bench was in good condition and the guazdrail was in place. At the B-seam portal bench, the berm on the outside edge of the bench was intact. There was no slumping of the highwall, although some matting had been placed above the portals for erosion control. On the other side of the haul road, the excess material stockpile appeared to be stable, erosionally and geotechnically. The main topsoil stockpile was well vegetated. Topsoil stockpile signs were up. The collection and diversion ditches had sufficient capacity. No problems were observed at the adjacent material storage azea. The cut slope above the wash plant, including the repaired small slump azea, was stable. The culverts and ditches in this area were functional. There was a moderate amount of coal stockpiled on the coal stockpile bench. There were no problems with fugitive dust or tracked coal dust on the highway. Straw bales were present for erosion control. Culverts and ditches around the entrance area were clear. There were only a few inches of standing water in pond B. The inlet hose was connected to its float. The emergency spillway had sufficient capacity. The pond embankment and inslopes were stable. Surface disturbance markers were up around the disturbed azea. New mine ID signs were up.