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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. ReveQetation At the start of the inspection, we drove to the western end of the permit azea to inspect the pre- mining condition of several parcels of undisturbed land. We parked at the intersection of the James Johnson, Lloyd, and Morgan properties and briefly inspected each area (see attached Photograph No. 1). Pre- and post-mining land uses for each parcel is designated as irrigated pasture. The Lloyd properly to the northeast of the intersection has remnants of irrigation ditches that no longer appear to be in use (Photograph No. 2). The Lloyd property is predominantly sage brush with rocky outcrops at the surface in some azeas. Topsoil depths appeazed somewhat thin and variable. Cactus and Red-Stem Fillery were also noted at the Lloyd property. The Morgan property to the south as shown in Photograph No. 3 has two very different appearing irrigated pasture lands separated by a fence. To the west the pasture is irrigated with Side Rolls and appears to be in good condition and well established. To the east the irrigation has been on/off resulting in brown, dry conditions and the growth of knapweed. On the James Johnson land west of the Lloyd property, the site is imgated with gated pipe. As seen in Photograph No. 4 the gated pipe sits on a ridge. The land above the gated pipe is in worse condition with browner, drier conditions and overall less cover than the azea below the gated pipe that receives the irrigation water. As demonstrated here, in one relatively small azea of the mine site a variety of conditions and vegetation types exist within the irrigated pastures seen in these tracts of land.