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<br />III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection of the Yoast :~(ine conducted b_v dike Boulav of the Division of <br />Minerals and Genfo_y (Div(G). The inspection was completed over dlz course of nvo days. The <br />inspection occurred on the ahernoon of ~~larch'_2, 1999 and was completed on the morning of <br />March ?3, 1999. Chuck hlcCulloh of Seneca Coal Company (SCC) was present on March 3?, <br />1999 and Mike Altavilla of SCC was present during the inspection on ivlarch 23, 1999. No coal <br />was being hauled from the mine site during the inspection. and the dra~line was opera[ine in the <br />southeast end of [he current pi[. 1o precipitation occurred during the inspection. The ground <br />was partially snow covered, with some locations of the mine site wet From snowmelt and runoff. <br />oad <br />Roads site wide were dry and in good condition. The road to Pond 011 was generally well <br />maintained and mostly dry. Ditches along the road to Pond O1 I were mostly snow packed with <br />some running water. Haul Roads A and B were well maintained with ditches in good condition, <br />dry, and cleaz of debris. <br />Hydroloeic Balance <br />The surface of Pond 011 w'as frozen and the level of water in the pond was well below the level <br />of the primary spillway. Pond O I O was full at the time of the inspection and mostly clear of ice. <br />This pond was discharging. Both ponds appeaz to be functioning properly. <br />Site ditches and culverts were inspected to ensure proper drainage control throughout the mine <br />site. With the exception of one location as discussed below, mine site ditches were functioning <br />properly to provide sediment and drainage control. <br />Please continue to maintain site culverts along Haul Road A and Haul Road B. Culver YB I on <br />the upgradient end of Ditch `ie. 2 is nearly cemolete:y i;~!1 of sedim~ ,t. Please clan :he <br />Sedlm': nt iCOm C.^.L CL'1':°'; a:'.~ C~:^SId:C r2r0`:ln~ Ill°'.:iC_SS 52'~ilmZra that ha_s accumulated in the <br />ditch btloty the dischar_e erd of the culvert.. Gully is formin_ on t e east side of Haul Road B. <br />south of Culver Y'B 2. Please take appropriate measures to ensure [hat this location does not <br />continue to erode. <br />.-~s the inspection proceeded to the cu: rent pit area, it was noted that a si;nifican[ amount of <br />rurtoff was present in [he drainagz ditch along the southwes, side of the ramp..Yt one point along <br />the ramp, the water breached the ditch and tlowed out of [he ditch into a previously undisturbed <br />aria. ytiater tlo~•v estimated a[ aoproxitnately d0 gallons per minute fto~~ed out of the ditch, <br />across a small section of spoil material and down a slop: into [he east side of ~rtrtand Draw. The <br />