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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 complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of CDMG. Karl Koehler and Forrest Luke represented the operator The snow pack was melting off. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS The records checklist is attached. All required records were available. I also checked the availability of records on file at the Moffat County Courthouse. The required records were there. these are: the 1999 blasting notice and the only permitting action currently in review,TR-78. Also at the Courthouse was Trapper's Phase I1II Bond Release Application which CDMG approved in 1998. SIGNS AND MARKERS The following types of signs and markers were properly displayed with the correct information: mine i.d. signs. blasting warning signs, permit boundary markers. and topsoil markers. ROADS The surfaces of haul roads, access roads. and light duty roads were in good condition. Haul road embankments and cut-slopes showed minimal erosion. Ditches next to roads appeared to have design capacity. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE Ditches and Culverts - The perimeter ditch on the west end of Trapper has design capacity. The perimeter ditches on the south side of Trapper in Deer Gulch was not accessible for inspection due to wet ground. The collection ditches in the Buzzard drainage and the West Flume diversion ditches are in good condition and have design capacity. Culverts inspected were clear and not eroded. Pond inspection - Ponds are summarized in Table 1. The three ponds on the south side of Trapper (Deer. Elk, and Ute) could not be inspected due to wet ground. During the inspection the operator's representative measured field parameters at flumes: the measurements were consistent with those made by the inspector. Pond discharges and conditions - Ponds were discharging in only the actively mined drainages (NO Name. Johnson, East Pyeatt. and Oak). The sources of inflows into the ponds presumably was snowmelt and springs because none of the pits were being pumped. All pond inslopes and embankments appeared stable and were not Bullied. Where visible. each pond appears to have at least 60~ of its capacity available for sediment storage. consistent with the permit application. All flumes were in good condition. New ponds The two ponds constructed in 1997-8, West Flume and Middle Flume #3. do not yet have vegetation on their inslopes and embankments. The upcoming summer will be the first