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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. any leakage, and appropriate repairs should be undertaken when the pond level is lowered. The top of the 016 pond embankment had been recently seeded. The embankment appeared stable, with no cracking or other indications of instability observed. The french drain installed below the embankment to convey flow from the damaged monitoring wells appeared to be functioning properly. Grading had been performed to direct drainage flow in the native 006-S1 channel back into the natural channel, rather than to the old temporary diversion above the "A" Road Culvert. Some additional grading is warranted to create a more substantial bank, in the immediate vicinity of the point of diversion for the former temporary diversion. The capacity of the channel at the former point of diversion should be consistent with the capacity of the native channel immediately above. Repairs had been made to the breaches noted in the previous inspection on the lower perimeter ditch in the Pond 17 watershed. The ditch will divert disturbed drainage along the existing light use road into Pond 17, rather than allowing disturbed runoff to enter Hubberson Gulch upgradient from the sediment pond. Backfill and Grading 0 In the "D" Fit area, repairs were in progress along the lower segment of Drainage Channel 005-E1. Hillslope gully repairs had been completed north of the existing scraper road. A D-10 dozer is being used to establish approved permanent drainage profiles and eliminate nick-points along the drainages in the recently graded portions of the 006 watershed, in the "A" Pit area. At the time of the inspection, the dozer was grading a nick-point location on 006 Gulch, upstream from the oil well pad. Operator indicated that the dozer will be kept on the channel construction project until it is completed. Several hillslope gullies that were not included in NOV CV-2003-014, and which had possibly formed this spring, were noted in recently topsoiled and seeded areas to the north of the aspen test plots. One of the gullies was in the 2002 reclamation, a second gully was further to the north, along an old scraper route on the north side of the 2002 reclamation, and a third gully was approximately 50 feet north of, and parallel to the second. Each of these gullies were deeper than one foot in some segments, and appropriate repairs are warranted. It was noted from a distance that grading had been initiated on at least one of these gullies prior to the conclusion of the inspection. Slides and Damage Several areas of sliding and settling in various disturbed area locations, which were described in the previous inspection, were more closely assessed with the assistance of