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MINESITE INSPECTION NARRATIVE 11 <br /> removing pillars retreating out of the mine. According to <br /> Mr. Collins, mining ceased on the #3 mine in 1985. Wherever <br /> possible, checks were made in the buildings for petrochemical <br /> storage and none were found. Transformers on the pads were <br /> still in place. Company officials indicated that a contract <br /> has been drawn up to remove the transformers from the mine <br /> during the summer of 1993 . We inspected the coal bin storage <br /> pads as we came down from the mine portal pad. A gully <br /> formed by the failure to maintain runoff off of the access <br /> road was noted between the two raw coal storage bin pads. The <br /> ditch cut down between the switchbacks in the road and emptied <br /> out onto the lower pad. Runoff was flowing into the sediment <br /> pond on the lower pad. I would estimate that the gully <br /> erosion averaged three to four feet deep and was 100 feet <br /> long. It was identified as a violation at the time. Another <br /> potential violation was noted for future review following snow <br /> melt in the area. The comment was made that the outer bend of <br /> the first switch back above the lower bin has questionable <br /> drainage control for runoff off of the access road. The area <br /> was snow covered but appeared as though the disturbed area <br /> runoff was flowing uncontrolled off of the outer bend in the <br /> road. This should be checked. <br /> The sediment pond on the lower raw coal storage bin pad has a <br /> soft spot in the embankment. The integrity of the structure <br /> is questionable, a violation was issued by the state. The <br /> pond is less than an acre in size. The primary and emergency <br /> spillways, were in place. I doubt that the emergency spillway <br /> was built to the design requirements of the "typical spillway <br /> design", but no measurements were taken at the time of the <br /> inspection. There was a discharge from the primary spillway, <br /> a gate valve, that appeared to be within acceptable limits for <br /> the solids requirement of the discharge. <br /> NUMBER 4 MINE <br /> The access road to the 14 mine has erosion at ditch runouts <br /> and culvert outfalls. It also has material sliding into the <br /> road from the steep slopes above. The erosion along the road <br /> is covered in the NOV DMG issued for failure to minimize and <br /> control erosion on the mine roads. All of the road could not <br /> be viewed because of snow cover. <br /> The portal area of the #4 mine was also snow covered with the <br /> exception of a small area around the perimeter of the pad. <br /> The building and most of the drop tube remain on the site. <br /> There was a hole in the bottom of the ditch/berm directing <br /> water to pond 4-1A. The hole, located on the west side of the <br /> pad, was allowing water to pipe down through the fill material <br /> and resurfaces approximately 50 feet below on the steep face <br />