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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 was a partial inspection of the Cazbon Junction Mine conducted by Tom Kaldenbach and Tom Gillis of DMG. The ground was dry. No problems were found on the site. Hvdrolo¢ic Balance Pond 1 (large pond) -The pond was dry, as usual. The embankment and inslopes were in good shape. Backfillina and Grading No backfilling has been done in the North pit since 2003. The currently approved plan is for the North Pit to be backfilled with spoil material. The spoil would have two sources: the spoil that was downcast on the slope immediately below the pit and the spoil that is in the permanently reclaimed spoil area approximately one-half mile from the pit. Reve~etation Thistle appeared to have recently been sprayed and is dying off where it had been mentioned in last month's inspection report on the south half of the permanently reclaimed spoil azea. General Mine Plan Compliance The timetable and schedule for completing reclamation is set forth on page 5-33 of the permit application, as follows: "Reclamation of the Cazbon Junction Mine is slated to begin in the autumn of 2002 and continue through completion. The completion of the tasks identified and described above (i. e. most reclamation tasks - TKJ is anticipated to take three construction seasons (through summer of 2005). With completion of the earthmoving and retopsoiling, seeding and planting is contemplated in the autumn of 2005. Should this timetable need to be altered, OEI will apprise CDMG and revise the permit." The last significant amount of reclamation activity in the permit area was in 2003 when the South pit azea was reclaimed. The permittee currently is in compliance with the timetable and schedule on page 5-33, although the end of the 2005 construction is approaching. Slides and Damase Gravel that has washed off of the south end of the North Pit haul road should be moved back onto the road surface.