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I. General Comments Continued <br />Evidence of truck traffic was also noted. Approximately two miles up the road <br />the inspectors found an illegal strip operation. Approximately two acres had <br />been recently disturbed to provide a staging area to park and load trucks, and <br />approximately one quarter of an acre had been stripped to expose a seam of <br />coal adjacent to an abandoned underground mine portal. Most of this area was <br />previously disturbed by past mining activities. It appeared that some of this <br />coal had been removed. Parked at the staging area were three dump trucks, a <br />Chevy Luv pickup truck, a Ford tractor with a rear mounted scraper blade, a <br />small dozer with a bucket loader and a Flat-Allis 20 dozer. The men, <br />Steve Dolzenie and Henry Johnson, told the inspectors that the dozer belonged <br />to Jim Healey who had left to get some parts. After waiting for about an hour <br />Jim Healey returned to the site. He stated that he did own the equipment but <br />that he was working for his brother Buddy who was the mine operator. At that <br />time a cessation order (C-85-013) was issued to Jim Healey. <br />After leaving the site the inspectors went to Buddy Healey's home. Mr. Healey <br />was there and acknowledged that he was operating the strip pit that had been <br />inspected. He also stated that he did not have a mining permit and that he <br />did not believe that he needed one. At this time Buddy Healey was also issued <br />a cessation order for conducting surface coal mining operations without a <br />permit. <br />