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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. General Mine Plan Compliance • Ventilation Borehole drilling has finished for the 2009 season. All holes permitted with TR-63 were completed, and the drillers were de-mobilizing their equipment via the Bear Creek Road. • During construction of the power line for the Bear Creek Fansite, numerous trees were felled. It appears that salvage of the timber has now been substantially completed. Revecletation • The outer slope of the West Valley Coal Refuse Facility is very well vegetated and appears to be completely stabilized with respect to erosion (Figure 3). Some thistle carcasses, curled over from having been sprayed,were observed on the upper portion of the slope. • Newly covered and topsoiled portions of the II West Coal Refuse Facility were scheduled to be seeded later in the week. Air Resource Protection • Due to the weekend storm, roads were damp in many places throughout the permit area. A water truck was being filled in order to spray down the Elk Creek Haul and Access Road. Slides & Damage • No evidence of recent movement of slides in the Elk Creek drainage was observed. Excess Spoil & Development Waste • The II West Coal Refuse Facility continues to receive refuse from the Elk Creek workings. • A cut slope bench had been excavated along the western side of the refuse area, and the top surface of refuse had been recently compacted (Figure 4). • The elevation of the refuse has increased to approximately 10 feet above the first bench at Elev. 6100. Trucks transporting refuse to the pile have continued to utilize the lower West Valley Haul Road; however, as the height of the fill increases, it will soon become necessary to use the II West Haul Road. • Construction of the subsurface drain has proceeded uphill in advance of placement of refuse. Reclamation Success • Reclamation of Gob Vent Boreholes is continuing. These sites were not visited during this inspection. Bear Creek Fansite • Installation of the fan assembly and housing has been completed (Figure 5), and the fan was running at partial load. • The generators and piping required to bleed methane from behind the longwall have been installed and are protected from the elements with a sloped-roof, open-sided structure (Figure 6). • The substation has been fenced for security and bermed to comply with Federal SPCC requirements (Figure 7). • The flowline of the clean-water diversion ditch (BCCD-1) that follows the back side of the Fansite pad was stabilized with wattles (Figure 8). A backhoe was in operation at the time of the inspection, putting finishing touches on a ditch that will direct surface flow from the road side of the pad to the clean-water diversion ditch. • OMLLC intends to have construction of the Bear Creek Fansite completed by the end of November. Elk Creek Mine C-1981-022 17-Nov-2009 -2-