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of the pile with silt fence along the bottom. The ditches were all clear except for some <br />tumbleweed in some spots. <br />The slump above the rock dust tanks appears to have stabilized. There has been no <br />noticeable movement since the last inspection. There was a trickle of water coming from the <br />toe of that slump into the ditch -approximately 1 gpm. <br />The ditches on the west side of the portal area could use some cleaning of tumbleweed, but <br />the ditches are otherwise in proper condition. Likewise, there is tumbleweed in the ditches <br />on the east side of the portal area and some debris (flex pipe) in the clean water ditch. <br />The explosives magazines were secure {located below pond D.) <br />Pond D itself contained some water, about 36" below the discharge pipe. The embankments <br />were stable with no sign of erosion or any leakage. <br />The degas pads were visited next. The road was in good condition, including the drainage <br />structures. At the pad containing wells CBM 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, there was good revegetation <br />on the portion of the area that has been reclaimed to date, although there was a good bit of <br />cheatgrass. It was seeded in the fall of 2001. The sediment control is a ditch around the <br />perimeter with multiple layers of straw bales at the notch point (lowest point). There was no <br />sign of sediment transport off the site. <br />At the pad for wells CBM 8, 11 and 13, the reclaimed portion also shows reasonable <br />vegetation. The pad itself is essentially bare and the three well stems remain for exploitation <br />of the gas resource. The ditch was in place with straw bales and it was stable with no sign of <br />fugitive sediment. <br />The pad for wells CBM 4 and 5 has a significant reclaimed area that has revegetated very <br />well. It is also suffering some annuals including cheatgrass, but the perennial cover looks <br />very good, including sagebrush and a variety of fortis. The hill is very steep there. The <br />perimeter ditch shows signs of carrying a significant amount of water, but there was no sign <br />of sedimentation below the notch point. The straw bales there need replaced as long as that <br />method of alternative sediment control is used. <br />At the pad for wells CBM 9, 12 and 14, the drainage system remains in good condition. The <br />topsoil pile there has good vegetation. The pad is in good condition. <br />