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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE ~~C ~ (/~~~~ ~ <br />1 6 <br />P~ /r 3 ~k~+--o a- ~-~ <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations <br />made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during <br />the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection of the GEC mine conducted by Jim Stark of CDMG. <br />The bond for this site has been forteited and reclamation was completed by DMG. <br />The weather was warm and overcast and the ground was dry. <br />Chen's Hill has some gullying on the North side but is well vegetated and stable. The <br />gullies do not appear to have grown in size or number over the past few years. The <br />area has received a fair amount of rain over the past several weeks and the <br />vegetation looks the best it has all summer. There did not appear to be any further <br />gullying from these rains. There was water in Magpie creek along the base of Chen's <br />Hill. There are a large number of trees growing on the top of the hill. <br />The access road to the East and West Pit areas is a little rutted but in overall good <br />condition. The East Pit drainage remains in good shape. As stated above, there has <br />been a fair amount of rain in the area over the past several weeks and the East Pit <br />drainage appears to have weathered it well. The areas around the concrete drop <br />structures that have failed appear to be stable. The riprap that was placed in the <br />two gullies below the road and the top of the drainage appears to still be stable and <br />is continuing to fill in with sediment. These, too, seem to be in good shape after the <br />rains. There was some water in Magpie Creek in the bottom part of the East Pit <br />drainage. Both the East and West Pit areas seemed to be well vegetated and in <br />good condition. The vegetation looks better than it has all summer due to the recent <br />rain. These areas have been used for grazing over the summer and appear to be in <br />good condition. <br />The Orphan Pit, Tipple and Duck Pond areas appeared to be well vegetated and in <br />good condition. Like Chen's Hill and the East and West Pit areas, the Section 24 area <br />vegetation is in the best condition of the summer because of the recent rains. The <br />road to the Section 24 areas is the Corley Mountain Ranch Road. This road is well <br />maintained and in good condition. <br />Overall the entire site is in good condition and appears to be stabilized to the extent <br />possible. <br />