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MINESITE INSPECTION NARRATIVE 10 B. There was inlet erosion on both of the ponds, otherwise the structures appeared to be stable. Pond B was discharging clear water. DMG issued an NOV for "Failure to construct and maintain sediment ponds according to the design in the approved permit. " Although DMG issued the NOV addressing the noncompliance, after further review it appears that the pond numbers may be incorrect. The ponds below the 11 mine are labeled as pond #1 on Exhibit #2. DMG had planned to review the NOVs' to make sure all the information was correct and modify the NOVs' to reflect any changes needed. NUMBER 2 MINE Structures are also remaining on the #2 mine. The runoff from the portal area was being diverted to ponds la and lb. The runoff from pad 3 , which is below the #2 mine and was once the location of a coal storage silo, flows into two ponds also connected in a series. DMG has referred to these ponds as number 022. The lower pond, which will be called B, was discharging clear water. The upper pond had been cleaned in the past and the material had been placed to the side of the pond. Runoff from the pond cleanings leaves the area without any sediment treatment. DMG addressed this violation in an NOV citing "Failure to pass all surface drainage from the disturbed area through a sedimentation pond, a series of ponds or a treatment facility before leaving the permit area. " It should also be noted that the drawings for these structures were not accurate even though they were stamped by a registered engineer. NUMBER 3 MINE Gary Fritz, Donna Griffin, Larry Routten, and Bruce Collins made an effort to drive the access road to mine 3 . However, the upper most limits of the site were still snow covered in places to the extent that travel was limited to walking the last mile. The mine portal pad was also covered with snow to the extent that it was not possible to determine the condition or amount of water in two sediment control structures on the pad. A portion of the northern perimeter drainage control ditch was exposed; it appeared to be intact and functioning as designed. We did not attempt to check the condition of the sediment control structures at the foot of the north side of the mine portal pad because of the snow. It did not appear as though any additional reclamation of the pad facilities had occurred since my 1984 inspection. The salvage reclamation crew had pulled out a compressor from one of the buildings, but this appears as though it was the only thing done in the interim. MidContinent was still mining at the time, but were