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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 complete inspection was conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the operator during the field inspection. Hiphway Coal Stockaile There w2s no activity at the temporarily reclaimed site. The operator has placed roof bolts in a pattern on a portion of the flat azea, presumably for mine safety training. The pond was dry and the pond pump hose and pipe were set up properly. Straw bales were up along the railroad tracks. The matting on the steeper slopes is functional. However, no vegetation has come up yet. There were no erosional gullies on the disturbed area. There were two minor problems. The mine ]D sign and post need to be put back into position, rather than just lying on the ground. Also, another straw bale at the inlet to the clean water culvert that is located on the west side, next to the tracks, would be. a good idea. Train Loadout A unit train had been loaded eazlier in the day and pulled out just before the inspection. During the inspection, coal haul trucks were unloading. Although there were no problems with fugitive dust on the highway, the highway has been somewhat blackened by the truck traffic. The operator has placed dirt berms on both sides of the entrance roads to the Loadout. The roads were in good condition. The sediment pond was dry. The spillways were functional. The upland diversion ditch and culverts above the pond were functional. Culverts and ditches were also functional. However, the open junction of the two clean water culverts just south of the railroad tracks could use better protection, perhaps with some straw bales. Imgation water was flowing through the clean water diversion system. Mine ID signs were up, as were permit boundazy mazkers and the topsoil stockpile sign. West Mine The operator has resumed reclamation backfilling and grading work at the west mine. The contractor is the same one doing the earthwork at the Bowie No. 2 Mine train Loadout project. Earthwork at Bowie No. 2 has been suspended for now while new track is put in, so the contractor is doing earthwork at Bowie No. 1. Sediment control is through two partially