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y <br />• • <br />III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the <br />inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection of the Chimney Rock Coal Mine for the month of June, 1996. <br />The site was dry and has not received any significant preciptation this spring. <br />The contour ditches on the backfilled slopes appear to be stable. Rodent burrowing activity in <br />these furrows appears to be decreasing. <br />Irrigation of the hay field was taking place during this inspection. <br />Some thistle was observed, especially in the sediment ponds west of the office. This would be <br />a good time for the operator to perform weed control measures to control the thistles on site. <br />Despite the drought conditions this spring, the grasses have put on seed heads. The vegetation <br />is not as vigorous as in wetter years, but appears to be surviving the dry conditions so far. The <br />fortis and shrubs also appear to be handling the dry conditions. <br /> <br />