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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. for installation during April and May. Due to heavy traffic in the area, roadside ditches adjacent to the material storage are which convey drainage to the sumps are somewhat poorly defined, and need to be regraded. The containment fence in the vicinity of the trash bunker had been partially knocked down and was in need of repair. Recent high winds had scattered trash and debris around the site, and general clean-up is needed. Most debris was contained on the mine bench, but a few items of paper, plastic, cardboard, etc. had blown over the berm and will need to be picked up. At the temporary coal laydown area near the slot storage facility, scattered piles of coaly material remaining from snow removal need to be picked up and hauled to the refuse area. The topsoil pile, sediment pond embankment, and adjacent disturbed areas at the laydown area will need to be seeded with the interim seedmix. Drill sites 9-1, 9-2, and 9-3 were inspected. The 9-2 site is still used for monitoring of gases within area of the mine sealed due to the mine fire in early 1996. The other sites were plugged, graded and seeded last fall. Additional grading and seeding was done along the arroyo affected by 9-1 development. Recent storm runoff caused minor downcutting through the regraded arroyo segment, but the flow appears to have reestablished its original path through the site, and downcutting appears to be arrested at the upper end of the affected area by sandstone outcrop. No additional grading or stabilization measures would appear to be warranted at this time. Processing Waste At RP-2/3, a dozer was spreading refuse from the pile adjacent to the slight depression area which remains from the remedial excavation several years ago, to expedite drying in order to allow for placement of material to completely eliminate the depression. Significant downcutting occurred recently on lower segments of the RP-2/3 east side in-pit ditch. The eroded segment will need to be - regraded as soon as conditions allow, prior to installation of stabilization measures as specified in TR-39. Various other ditch locations on RP-2/3 have experienced less severe erosion, but will require regrading prior to installation of structural controls. Temporary ditches constructed on RP-2/3 to drain the depression area on the surface of the pile will need to be filled in upon final elimination of the depression.