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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. On June 17, 1997, William J. Carter from the Division of Minerals and Geology, accompanied by Mark Milner, performed a partial inspection at the Sanborn Creek Mine (Oxbow Carbon and Minerals). Roads: • Delta County's road up Hubbard Creek is again showing some sliding, which could become a safety problem in the future. • All other roads observed during this inspection appeared in stable condition. Hydrologic Balance: • The ponding of Bear Creek below the reclaimed mine location has drained and appears to have deposited sediment from upstream. • Ponds A and B contain water but were not dischazging during this inspection. • The east yard pond, the sediment pond at substation # three, and the upper Hubbazd Creek pond were dry at the time of this inspection. • Silt screens have been replaced throughout the mine site. • The mine pond was dischazging clean water. • The seep observed at the last inspection of the Bear Creek facility was no longer evident at this inspection. Revegetation• • Some germination was noted at the Bear Creek facility. • More vegetation is germinating at the Lower Hubbard Creek site than at Bear Creek. • At the Lower Hubbard Creek site there are signs of some grazing by cattle. Others: Weed Control: • Most of the mine site indicates successful control of noxious weeds. • Upper Hubbard Creek needs some treatment of thistles (sp.), and small infestations of Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens). Mark Milner assured me that the weeds would be sprayed by the end of the week. Fence: • The fence posts are being completely removed from above the Lower Hubbard Creek site. Erosion Bales: • Erosion bales, which have been damaged by elk, are being replaced at the Bear Creek site.