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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 an aerial inspection, flown on February 25, 2004. The digital images were reviewed on February 27, 2004. There were no compliance problems noted during the overflight. There was very little snow at the lower elevations but the amount of snow cover increased with altitude. Unit Train Loadout There was a unit train with empty railcars, but no locomotives, sitting at the spur line at the train Loadout. However, no coal haul trucks were on site. There was almost no snow on the ground. The three entrances to the Loadout site were open and the paved and graveled roads were dry. No fugitive dust problems were seen at this site. East Mine There was no activity at the East Mine and has not been for some time. There was snow cover on the flat portions of the site and on the roads, but the south-facing slopes were cleaz of snow. There were no signs of erosional gullying or slope instability with any of the cut and fill slopes or the highwall. Only the south-facing slopes at the West Ridge waste pile were &ee of snow cover. There was no gullying or slope instability at the West Ridge waste pile. The pond was also snow covered. The pond embankment appeazed to be stable. Practically the entire run-of--mine stockpile azea was covered in snow, including the pond and haul road. The pond embankment appeared to be stable. No problems were observed at the site. West Mine The entire West Mine site was.covered in snow. The Sylvester Gulch road and the mine road leading to the West Mine were, however, cleaz of snow. No signs of slope instability or erosional gullying were observed. c :lword/bowie 1 /insp0204