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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 Roadside Portals Mine conducted on November 18, 2009 by Mike Boulay of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Grand Junction Field Office. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company(SCC)was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and cool. Ground conditions were dry. Availability of Records The availability of records was checked on the afternoon of 11/18 at J.E. Stover&Associates offices. All required records were on file and available for review and no problems were noted with the records review. See the attached Availability of Records checklist. Roads Roads were dry and in good condition. The entire mine site including the 2-West Portals, and the North and South Portals were all accessible and all locations were inspected. Road ditches and road culverts were well maintained throughout the various mine site locations and support facility areas. Hydrolosiic Balance All site sedimentation ponds were inspected. Sedimentation Ponds 6, 7,8,9,10,11, and 13 and UTL Ponds No. 1 and 2 were all dry. The C13A#1 Sump was dry. Pond embankments, inlets and discharge structures were stable at all pond locations and no problems were noted. There has been no recent measurable precipitation at the mine site. Processing Waste The CRDA waste disposal sites were dry and stable, diversions and perimeter ditches appeared functional. A view of the CRDA-2 waste disposal site from a vantage point on the CRDA-1 pile is shown in Photograph No. 1. At the time of this inspection SCC was in the process of preparing the temporary coal mine waste storage area atop the CRDA-1 pile as approved with MR-75. SCC's general contractor Con-Sy Inc. was working at the site. Approximately 1 acre is being stripped of cover material and the material is stockpiled on the perimeter of the re-disturbance area. This will allow for temporary storage of coal mine waste from McClane Canyon Mine and from other ongoing reclamation activities at the Roadside Mine. On Monday(11/23)Halliburton will begin hauling coal fines from the UTL area to the temporary storage location. After all the coal waste has been unloaded on the top of the CRDA-1 pile, it will then be placed and compacted in the road that was left open for that purpose. The cover material will be replaced on the disturbed area atop the CRDA-1 pile and the site reseeded. The temporary coal waste storage and handling area is shown in Photograph No. 2 and the cover material stockpile area is shown in Photograph No. 3.