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I}t._ 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. A complete inspection of the Sear No. 1, 2, and 3 Mines vas conducted by Christine rohnston of the Division. Henry Austin of the Office of Surface Mining vas present, conducting an oversight inspection. Basil Bear, of Hear Coal Company, accompanied the inspectors. The inspection vas conducted over two days. The first day records were reviewed. On the second day, the review of the records vas completed and the site inspection vas conducted. Availability of Records The records for the Hear mine are located at the mine office_ Please sae the attached form "DMG Availability of Records" for comments on records reviewed. t{.Ldroloaic Balance The culvert (Culvert #4) along the road that had been partially blocked by the slide which occurred this spring, has been cleaned and is in good working order. All other culverts and ditches ware clear. The operator informed me he is considering removing the second (domhill) Culvert #1 from the drainage contzol plan. The road has been regraded to shed water more quickly and thus does not enter this culvert. The first Culvert fl will remain in place. The operator is aware that a minor revision should be submitted to remove the culvert from the drainage control plan. It appears that this plan is working in the field, as there is no evidence of erosion on the road. The sediment pond contained water, but yell below the principal spillway. Earlier in the year, the operator had noted a higher TDS in the pond and trying to determine the cause. They had recently been pumping eater that had accumulated in the tunnel at the stacktube into the pond. 14r. Bear collected a sample of this water, sample known as dravdown tunnel, and the analysis showed a very high TDS, which would not be expected of surface water. Mr. Sear believes that the water is coming from the abandoned workings of the windjammer !tins. The windjammer did have an opening approximately 140 feet above the current level of the Bear facilities, near the first conveyor support. l'Ir. Sear also has a hypothesis that the eater from the Windjammer is affecting yell AA~! we discussed during the next spring, when floes are higher, adding some tracer dye or radioactive substance to see if it appears in the well. we 1