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~a~e ID 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. Some problem areas were noted in the azea referred to as the old Wolf Creek Pit. This upper Wolf Creek area is located in the northeast portion of the permit azea designated by yellow shading on Exhibit B with a coal removal limit of 8/3/77. It can be accessed by the Pre-Law Road on the north or by the Post-Mine Channel PM-5 drainage on the south. A good aerial view of the old Wolf Creek Pit is shown in Photograph No. 23. An overview of the majority of the pre-law lands is shown in Photograph No. 24. In the vicinity of the final pit, the land has been graded into a bowl shaped configuration. Water is impounded in the bottom of the bowl and is referred to as the old Wolf Creek Pond. A water sample was collected from the northwest corner of the pond and analyzed on-site for pH, conductivity and temperature. The pH/conductivity meter was calibrated at 08:30 on the morning of the inspection at the SCC Mine office. A duplicate sample was taken from the approximate same location and the sample results are tabulated below. It appears that this pond may drain to the north when the water level reaches a higher level. Field Parameters Sam le #1 Sam le #2 Field H S.U. 3.59 3.48 Tem erature C 23.1 22 Conductivi umhos/cm 610 640 The entire upper Wolf Creek azea was traversed. Several additional photographs of the old Wolf Creek Pit and surrounding azea aze shown in Photograph Numbers 25 through 28. There aze remnants of a shrub plot above and east of the pond. Contour furrows were dug above the shrub plot. There aze numerous rills above and north of the shrub plot, and two large erosion gullies on either side of the plot. The gully to the south of the shrub plot was measured to be 4.5 feet deep. The gully to north of the shrub plot was up to 7 feet deep. Spoil was cast onto previously undisturbed ground to the north and south of the bowl area. There are steep drainages to the north and south on either side of the old Wolf Creek Pit. Spoil on the north side does not blend well with the surrounding landscape and at least one large crack and a gully were noted in the spoil on the north. Spoil cast to the south drainage blends in better with the surrounding topography than on the north side. A view from the south drainage looking to the north is given in Photograph Number 26. There also appeazs to be spoil cast from the lower pre-law azeas along the canyon to the south from the start of Post-Mine Channel PM-5 up to an undisturbed azea below the old Wolf Creek Pit.