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Mr. Michael Boulay <br />July 16, 1998 <br />Page 4 <br />II. Inspection (06/23/98) <br />A. Crest of Embankment <br />The crest of the embankment is a 60-foot wide roadway <br />used for coal haulage. No signs of stress (cracks) were <br />noticed during the inspection of the crest. The roadway <br />and side ditches are well maintained. Safety berms are in <br />place. The side ditches are clean and functional. The <br />ditches traverse the entire length of the embankment with <br />no openings for discharge onto embankment slopes. <br />B. Upstream Embankment Slope <br />Vegetation again appears to have a higher cover on this <br />slope than the downstream slope and erosion does not <br />appear to be a problem. No cracking was noted on the <br />slope. Only minimal impounding had occurred over the past <br />year as evidenced by the lack of debris or high water <br />lines on the fill slope. The steel stakes set to indicate <br />the 10-year, 24-hour storm water elevation are in place <br />and in good condition. <br />C. Upstream Channel <br />Water was flowing through the rock underdrain of the <br />embankment fill. No water was impounded directly upstream <br />of the edge of the embankment. Some minimal water was <br />ponded though roughly 100 yards upstream from the base of <br />the road fill. The area directly at the base of the <br />embankment was dry and showed no signs of dampness <br />recently. <br />The highest 24-hour precipitation event for the previous <br />twelve months before the inspection was 1.45 inches of <br />rain on September 19, 1997. This is lower than the 10- <br />year, 24-hour event of 1.6 inches. A copy of the annual <br />precipitation data covering the previous twelve months is <br />attached as Table 1. This format was changed with the <br />submittal of the 1995 inspection. Instead of providing <br />data for the Water Year (October to September) which did <br />not cover the time frame from one inspection to the <br />other, this report covers the twelve months of data <br />preceding the current inspection. <br />D. Downstream Embankment Slope <br />Vegetation is sparse on the side slopes due to the coarse <br />and rocky material present in the fill. Erosion does not <br />