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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 partial inspection of the Carbon Junction Coal Mine was conducted by DMG staff from the Durango Office, 484 Turner Drive, Building F, Suite 101, Durango, CO 81301, phone (970) 247-5469. On 9/30/99, the DMG Durango Office will be relocated to 701 Camino Del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO 81301. The phone number should remain the same. Bob Pautasky was present during the initial portion of the inspection but soon departed. Reclamation activities appeared to have recently ceased. Vegetative cover for the portions of the rock fill area which had been recently topsoiled, was well established and included, but not limited to, Yellow sweet clover, Sunflower, Aster, Downy brome, Russian thistle, Kosha, Halogeton, Prickly lettuce, Wooly mullen, Musk thistle and Scotch thistle. Evidence of seeding of reclamation species was not observed. The operator is strongly encouraged to not allow the fall seeding opportunity to pass without ensuring application of the appropriate reclamation seed mix. Sediment Pond 1, located at the far south end of the permit area, was dry. Primary spillway was clear and stable, no discharge noted. Secondary spillway was well vegetated and stable, no evidence of discharge. Pond embankment, inslopes and inlets appeared well vegetated and stable. Sediment Pond 2, located along the west side of the permit area, was holding water, approximately 1' deep. Primary spillway was clear and functional, no discharge noted. Secondary spillway appeared stable, no evidence of discharge. Pond embankment was well vegetated and stable. Evidence of erosion and sedimentation was observed within the sediment containment ditch and pond inlet for Pond 2. Rock check dams in the sediment containment ditch were intact. However, mild slope segments of the ditch have accumulated significant sediment loads and steep slope segments of the ditch exhibited evidence of headcut erosion which threaten to bypass the rock check dams. Sediment clean out and ditch maintenance is r 'r to ensure that the sediment containment ditch continue to function as designed. Failure to stabilize affected areas and control erosion may result in enforcement action. Fuel storage tanks, located within the Mutual Use Area (MUAI, appeared intact, no evidence of rupture or escaped fuels. Spill containment berms were intact for the fuel storage tanks. However, containment berms for the stockpiled waste asphalt, also located within the MUA, were not evident. Apparently, the quantity of stockpiled waste asphalt has exceeded the area previously defined by containment berms.