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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection of the Seneca II Mine conducted on October 25, 2001 by Mike <br />Boulay of the DMG. Chuck McCulloh of Seneca Coal Company (SCC) was present during the <br />inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cool. Ground conditions were dry throughout <br />the mine site. <br />Hydrologic Balance <br />Ponds 002, 004, 008 were inspected. Site sedimentation ponds 004 and 008 were full and <br />discharging clear water. Pond 002 was retaining water but not discharging. The Truck Wash <br />Pond was being cleaned out at the time of the inspection. Sludge and sediment removed from the <br />pond was being hauled to the landfarm area north of the Pecoco Pond. The Truck Wash Holding <br />Pond was full and discharging clear water. No problems were noted at any of the pond locations. <br />Sediment removed from the channel bottom of Postmine Drainage Channel PM-6 has been <br />stockpiled across PM-6 at the upstream side of the Road E1 Dry Stream Crossing. This will <br />result in impoundment of water and impede the flow in PM-6 during spring runoff. Please <br />remove the stockpiled sediment from the PM-6 channel prior to the next inspection. <br />Backfill & Grading <br />A dozer was working on final grading at Topsoil Pile II at the time of the inspection. Additional <br />grading has been completed on the south end of the Wadge Impoundment. Good progress has <br />been made in backfilling and grading of the Wadge East Pit azea. Topsoil replacement appeazs to <br />be underway at this location. Seeding should be completed in the Wadge East Pit azea this fall in <br />accordance with contemporaneous reclamation practices. <br />