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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 erforcement action. . This aerial inspection was flown on Mazch 2, 2005. No compliance problems were observed during the overflight. The digital images were received on Mazch 3, 2005 and reviewed on Mazch 7, 2005. Roads. The paved haul road was dry and in good condition, with no appearance of coal on the main highway. The graveled east side entrance road was also in good condition. The east gate was open. The light use road along the railroad tracks also appeazed to be dry and passable. Hvdrology There was a fair amount of standing water in the east sediment pond, although the water level was still below the level of the primary discharge tube. The pond embankment appeared to be stable as were the pond inslopes. The west side sediment pond appeared to be dry. There were no indications of erosional gullying at the loadout. Facilities Loading operations were in progress during the overflight. There were about a dozen empty railcars on site and at least half that already loaded. There were no railcazs on the main track. Also there was not a lot of coal stockpiled on the facilities bench. No coal haul trucks were unloading coal. There were no signs of fugitive dust offsite due to the coal operations at the loadout. There did not appeaz to be any problems with any of the facilities, including the office, shop building and loadout structures. There was a fair amount of coal waste stored temporazily on the east side of the facilities bench. Topsoil No erosional problems were noted at the east and west topsoil stockpiles. Collection and diversion ditches appeazed to be functional. Vegetative cover was adequate. c:/word/ten•or/insp0305