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Page 2 skies partly cloudy, temperature about 65 F. A light rain had fallen on the evening of June 14th. E. July 18, 1983: The annual embankment inspection was conducted. Weather conditions were favorable, skies partly cloudy, temperature about 85 F. The mine area was dry and mine personnel reported that no measurable precipitation had fallen in about one week. F. July 6 1984: The annual embankment inspection was conducted. Weather conditions were favorable with sunny skies and temperature of 80 F. The mine area was dry and no measurable precipitation had fallen within one week. G. August 1, 1985: The annual embankment inspection was conducted. Skies were sunny with a tempera- ture of 75 F. The mine area was dry at the time of inspection, although scattered showers have occurred over the past week. H. July 3, 1986: The annual embankment inspection was conducted. Skies were partly cloudy with temperature in the 70's F. The mine area was dry at the time of inspection, although scattered showers have occurred over the past week. II. Inspection A. Crest of embankment The crest of the embankment is a 60-foot wide roadway used for coal haulage. No signs of stress (cracks) were noted upon inspection of the crest. The roadway and side ditches are well maintained. Safety berms are in place. The side ditches are clean and traverse the entire length of the embank- ment with no openings for discharge onto embankment slopes. There was no flow in the side ditches on the date of the inspection. B. Upstream embankment slope Although vegetation is sparse on the side slopes due to the course and rocky material present in the fill, erosion does not appear to be problem. No cracking or bulging was noted on the slope. Only minimal impounding had occurred over the past year as evidenced by debris at the lower upslope toe to the fill. The steel stake set to indicate the 10-year, 24-hour storm water elevation is in place and in good condition.