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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 />General Comments <br />This was a complete quarterly inspection of the Seneca II-W Mine. I was accompanied on the inspection by <br />Dennis Bugay, Seneca Coal Company Safety Manager. Weather was clear and warm. Ground conditions were <br />dry in most areas, The Seneca main office was recently relocated from the Seneca II permit area to the Hayden <br />Gulch Loadout permit area. Large scale reclamation operations have not yet gotten underway yet this season at <br />II-W; scraper fleet and other heavy equipment (track-hoes, dozer, rock truck and water truck) are still at Yoast <br />Mine, scheduled to finish up there and move to II-W within the next couple weeks. <br />NOV CV-2007-002 Abatement. Modification, and Extension <br />Site conditions associated with the slide and drainage controls pertinent to NOV CV-2007-002 have not changed <br />appreciably since the previous inspection. Abatement Step 1 has been completed; Abatement Steps 2 and 3 <br />are still outstanding, with due dates of July 1, 2007 and August 2, 2007, respectively. <br />Availability of Records <br />Records were on file and up to date through the first quarter 2007, in the new office trailer location. <br />Roads <br />Active use roads and permanently reclaimed roads (which have been gravel surfaced) were in good condition, <br />and typical spring ditch maintenance had been completed prior to the inspection. Significant road removal and <br />final surfacing and stabilization work (cut and fill seeding) for roads to be retained for the postmine land use will <br />be conducted during the 2007 field season. "J" road reduction grading has been largely finished, but final <br />surfacing, as well as topsoiling and seeding of cut and fill of slopes is yet to be done. <br />The April inspection report noted that a segment of the cut slope road ditch on "G" Road, west of Pond <br />005 had down-cut, and repair will be necessary, along with rock lining or other appropriate stabilization <br />measures. This work still needs to be done. <br />Gravel excavated from a culvert outlet on the lower MEHR road and temporarily stockpiled nearby has not yet <br />been removed. The stockpiled gravel needs to be properly removed. <br />The inlet to Culvert F-3, on the MEHR along the north side of Pond 006 is partially obstructed by <br />sediment build up in the ditch a short distance up-gradient from the inlet. Maintenance is warranted. <br />Hvdrolooic Balance <br />Snow melt runoff is over, but there was flow in the lower portions of several of the larger permanent drainage <br />channels. <br />All sediment ponds were checked, and no problems were evident. Pond 006 was discharging over the top of the <br />riser, approximately 50-60 gpm estimated, clear flow. Pond 005 contained a pool of clear water, pool elevation <br />approximately 1 foot below top of riser, no discharge. Pond 009 contained pool of clear water, pool elevation 3 <br />feet below top of riser; no discharge. Pond 015 was discharging a small quantity of clear water over the top of <br />the riser. Two beavers were observed in the pond, but the spillway structures were clear and functional. Ponds <br />016, 016A, and 017 were all discharging clear water over the top of the spillway riser. There was typical clear <br />flow out of the French drain below the damaged 024 series wells, into Pond 016. <br />3 <br />