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Bowie No. 2 C-96-083 Pg 2/3 14 Sept 02 C~.~ Hydrologic Balance (cont.): - Pond K contained water several feet below the discharge pipe at the time of the inspection. The pond embankment was well vegetated and appeared to be stable. There were no erosional problems noted on the pond embankment at the time of the inspection. - All of the roadside ditches were well vegetated and stable at the time of the inspection. The ditches were all clean. -All of the culverts were clear and appeared to be functioning properly at the time of the inspection. The one exception was the culvert at under the haul road at the entrance to the mine. This culvert was plugged but it was being replaced by the operator. By the end of the inspection, the work had been completed and the culvert appeared to be functional again. Processing Waste: -Gob pile 1 was stable at the time of the inspection. The outslopes of the pile have been covered and revegetated. There were no erosional problems noted on the side-slopes. The surface of the pile still has space for more refuse. There was no water pooling on the surface of the pile and it appeared to be properly compacted and graded to allow water to flow off of the pile. -Gob pile 2 was being actively worked at the time of the inspection -with refuse being dumped, spread and compacted. The operator (a contractor) was performing density testing on the pile at the time of the inspection. The surface of the pile appeared to be well compacted, with no water pooling on the surface of the pile at the time of the inspection. The pile appeared to be properly graded to allow water to flow off of the pile. The operator was moving the excavated subsoil (to later be used as cover material) to its permanent stockpile location at the time of the inspection. Support Facilities: -All of the material storage areas (by the upper portals, the gob piles, the loadout and topsoil stockpile A) were stable at the time of the inspection. All of these storage areas had berms to control runoff. - The preparation plant was operating at the time of the inspection. The building does not yet have its "skin" on but the operator indicated that it would be finished in the next couple of weeks. The plant bench was stable at the time of the inspection. The operator was actively watering the bench at the time of the inspection to control fugitive dust. -The loadout area appeared to be in good condition at the time of the inspection. The area was not inspected closely as the operator was loading trains during the inspection. -The perimeter of the coal stockpile was walked during the inspection. The berm around the pile was in place and appeared to be stable and functional. There was a small amount of coal that has fallen from the pile onto the surrounding areas but they are still within the disturbed boundary. -The water tank and substation bench was stable and in good condition at the time of the inspection. There were no erosional problems noted on the bench. -The new Bowie No. 3 portals were producing coal at the time of the inspection. The bench area was stable and in good condition at the time of the inspection.