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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 of the Yoast Mine conducted on January 24, 2006 by Mike Boulay of the DMG. Roy Kazo of Seneca Coal Company was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cold. The mine site was entirely snow covered. Coal was being hauled from the Wolf Creek pit in the Yoast South Area. A scraper was needed to push the haul trucks up and out of the pit azea. The dragline was located in. the Yoast South Area but was not operating at the time of the inspection. Roads Haul Roads A and B and the road into the active pit azea were bladed and well maintained. Ditches and all culvert inlets and outlets along Haul Roads A and B were covered in several feet of snow. The active Wolf Creek pit in the Yoast South Area was accessible and was inspected. The exposed Wolf Creek coal seam in the final pit is approximately 20 feet thick. Former Haul Road D and the North Pit azea were not accessible due to dried snow and ice. The road into Pond 011 had been plowed and was accessible. Hydrologic Balance Sedimentation Ponds 010, 011, and 012 were viewed from the accessible roadway. The surfaces of all ponds were frozen and snow covered. Pond inlets and embankments at all sediment ponds were snow covered. The water leve] in all of these ponds was below the level of the principal spillway. No problems were noted at any of the sediment pond locations. Slides and Damage The location of the slide that occurred above Pond 012 was inspected from the haul road. It appears that the site of the slide is remaining stable and no additional cracking or slumping has occurred.