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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the <br />inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />Pond embankments appeared to be stable. Pond spillways, primary and emergency, were <br />functional. The embankments of Ponds J and K will need to be seeded, now that construction is <br />complete. <br />Culverts and ditches at the main mine site were functional and had sufficient capacity. Some of <br />the ditches and culverts at the train loadout are under construction while others aze completed. <br />Ditch D-K4, located at the toe of the track bench and which leads into Pond K, could use better <br />definition. Temporary sediment control is in place for those azeas where the culverts and ditches <br />have not been finished. <br />The outlet of culvert C-Hl runs into a ditch that goes perpendiculaz into a ditch along Highway <br />133. It would appear that, if a lazge flow occurred from culvert C-Hl, the highway ditch would <br />not be able to handle the flow from culvert C-Hl. The operator will work on solving this <br />potential problem. <br />The seep located to the west of the water tank bench was wet but only flowing a very short <br />distance. The seep water was dazk orange in color. <br />Slone Stabilit <br />There aze two small slumps in the cut slope on the extreme eastern end of the train loadout <br />construction azea. As mentioned in the facilities section above, there aze two small seeps that are <br />causing the slumps. The operator is continuing to work on the problem. <br />A crack has developed on the track siding bench on the western portion of the construction azea. <br />The crack may have been caused by water from a leak in the Fire Mountain Canal and the <br />imgation tailwater of the land above and adjacent to the azea in question. An engineer was on <br />site investigating the problem. <br />There were no other geotechnical instability problems observed with any of the other cut and fill <br />slopes at the train loadout azea and the mine azea. <br />Records <br />The records were in compliance. Please refer to the attached records checklist. <br />c: \ms97\bowie2\insp0702 <br />