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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. This was a complete inspection of the Edna Mine, in conjunction with a Phase I (backfllling, grading, and drainage reestablishment) Bond Release inspection for the West Ridge and a portion of the Center Ridge areas of the permit area. Present during the inspection were Larry Routten and Susan Burgmaier of CDMG, David Beverlin, Brian Gontarek, and Terry Crowner of the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company; and Henry Austin of the Office of Surface Mining. Weather conditions were cool and cloudy, ground conditions were dry the first day of the inspection and wet the second. Production of the mine ceased in December 1995. Current activity at the site is limited to reclamation. Records were inspected at the mine office. All required records were available for review and were current. Documentation of records inspected is attached. Roads -Equipment was working to reclaim the middle Moffat haul road. Narrowing of the north access road and lower Moffat pond access road were nearly complete; topsoil was ready to be replaced and the area seeded. The West Ridge haul road had been narrowed to the post-mine access road configuration. Post-mine widths on permanent access roads have not been field checked by the Division yet. Hydrologic Balance -The Moffat and West Ridge ponds held water below the discharge level. The Center Ridge pond was discharging clear water. All four tippple ponds held water, but none were discharging. There was wood and other debris which should be removed from the first tipple pond, and a slump on the east bank of the second tipple pond needed to be repaired`. Outfall 007 was discharging clear water. Field parameters were pH 8.1, EC 3300, temperature 54°F. S oil Spring #1 was discharging clear water at an undetermined rate (estimate between 50 - ~5 gpm). Field parameters were pH 7.0, EC 3900, temperature 54°F. A sample was taken for laboratory analysis. Water was ponded behind a number of the West Ridge check dams. No flowing water was observed in any terraces or ditches. A section of Terrace 7, where the road drainage from the West Ridge access road comes in, needs to be regraded'. There is a high spot in the terrace which will allow water to escape the terrace and flow down the slope. In this same area, the road drainage ditch makes a fairly sharp curve to flow into the terrace. This curve should be armored to ensure that water stays m the channel at that point. Two reclaimed drainages in the Moffat area need to be regraded where the pond access road crosses over them'. The drainages are the Moffat Final Pit Drainage and Downdrain #4. There were high spots that would cause water to leave the ditch at the crossing points. It appeared that the crossing areas had been used heavily during reclamation operations, Edna Minc 1 Septembcr 7b, 1996