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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 during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS. Bill Bear represented the operator during the inspection. The mine site had a good snow cover which was melting off. Before the Division's inspection began, the operator met with the Bureau of Reclamation representatives to conduct a field inspection of the location where a proposed overhead conveyor would pass over the Fire Mountain Canal for gob pile #3. East Mine The paved haul road was in good condition, with the guard rail in place. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance. There was only a little ice covered water in pond B. The float was attached to the primary pipe. The pond B embankment appeared to be stable. The two collection ditches leading into pond B had sufficient capacity. The coal stockpile at the bottom of the hill was near full capacity for the longwall move. There was no evidence of fugitive dust problems or coal fines being tracked onto the highway. The north facing slope of the main topsoil stockpile was covered in snow and there were no signs of erosional problems on the stockpile. The operator has been experiencing problems with the conveyor belt that leads from the B-seam portal bench up to the D-seam portal bench. The belt has had holes in it and needs to be replaced. In the meantime, some coal fines aze falling onto the D-seam portal bench outslope. This area drains to a sediment pond but the operator will clean up the outslope anyway once the belt is repaired. There was a fairly large amount of stockpiled coal on the D-seam portal bench. Coal Waste Stockpiles The haul road to the coal waste stockpiles was in good condition although there were two small sections of the road that were muddy but passable. The road ditch and berm were functional. The operator put up two sections of silt fence to stop any splashes from haul trucks going onto the outslope. Coal waste stockpile no. 2 was in good condition. The top of the stockpile had positive drainage. The coal refuse was not overly wet and there was no evidence of ponding of water. The coal refuse stockpile outslope also was in good condition with no signs of erosional problems. The drying area between coal refuse piles nos. 1 and 2 was still being excavated. No refuse has been placed there yet. The rate of coal refuse output has decreased significantly since December. Pond D had only a little ice-covered water in it, Pond C had a fair amount of ice-covered standing water, at about the level of the primary discharge pipe. The float was on the pond C primary pipe. Unit Train Loadout There were no rail cars at the Ioadout during the inspection. There was no evidence of fugitive dust in the immediate azea of the Ioadout. Pond J was dry. The pond spillways were functional. The pond embankment appeared to be stable. The road to the Ioadout was in good condition, with the mine ID sign at the entrance. c: /word bow i e2 /i n sp 0207