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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below aze 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 DMG. $ill Bear represented the operator during the inspection. Also on the inspection was Jim Stover, the consultant for the mine. There had been a recent snowfall and much of the mine site was covered in snow. Main Mine Site Although the longwall is in operation, there was very little stockpiled coal on the coal stockpile bench and on the D-seam portal bench. There was no sign of fugitive dust going offsite. The protective bean on the outside edge of the coal stockpile bench was functional. The paved main haul road was in good condition. The guardrail was in place. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance to the mine. There were no signs of slope instability along the haul road except for one small slump near the top of the hill just before the D-seam bench. No problems were noted with any of the facilities on the D-seam portal bench. The highwall and cut slopes behind the office and warehouse appeared to be stable. The wash plant was in operation. There is a remnant of the small slump in the cut slope behind the wash plant. This remnant will be watched to see if it is stable or not. There was just a little ice-covered water in Pond B. The pond embankment was snow covered but appeared to be stable. The primary discharge pipe was attached to its float and the emergency spillway had sufficient capacity. Gob Pile No. 2 The haul road to the two gob piles was dry and in good condition. The outside road berm was in place, as were the road ditches. The operator was placing and compacting coal refuse onto the top of the pile. The material being placed was not wet. The top of the pile had positive drainage. The pile outslopes were covered in snow but did not show any signs of slope instability or erosional gullying. Ponds C and D had low levels of ice-covered water in them. There was only a little ice-covered water in Pond F, well below discharge levels. The pond spillways were functional and the pond embankments appeared to be stable. Unit Train Loadout A fully loaded unit train was on site. Although snow covered the ground, there were no signs of fugitive dust near the loading facilities and along the conveyor corridor leading to the ]oadout. The mine ID sign was up at the south entrance. Pond J had no standing water or ice in it, just snow. Pond K had a little ice-covered water in it. Pond embankments were stable. c:lwordlbowie2/insp 1205