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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 fhe facts or evidence supporting fhe enforcemenf action. This was a partial inspection of the Yoast mine site. The weather was clear and warm. Roy Kara accompanied me on the entire inspection. Grading, topsoiling and seeding are progressing well. Grading and topsoiling are completed in the scraper pit. A dozer was working on the slope above Pond 12. A small dozer was creating dozer basins on the steep slope east of Pond 13. See picture on left below. Four scrapers were spreading topsoil on the recently graded areas of the Valora pd. According to Roy, over 70 acres have been seeded so far at the Yoast Mine. I walked the drainage between Pond 11A and Pond 11 to observe repairs that Seneca has undertaken this year. Pond 11A was not discharging. Additional riprap has been placed in the the channel below the Portd 1 f A discharge pipe. A number of rock check dams have been repaired/installed where erosion occurred this spring. These rock check dams, combined with Pond 11A and continued revegetation establishment above should help control further erosion in the channel. The water level in Pond 11 was several feet below the primary spillway. A number of thistle patches were observed along the banks of this drainage. Seneca plans to have a weed spraying crew at Yoast soon and these patches need to be included in the weed control efforts. A drainage channel was recently completed and lined with riprap in the northern neck pit area on the east side of the road. See picture on right below.