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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 inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />A complete quarterly inspection was conducted by DanMathews of DMG. Walter Whitledge and Chuck <br />Silengo of LEI were present during portions of the inspection. Weather was cleat and mild and the site was <br />free of snow. The mine was not operating at the time of inspection, and only a skeleton crew of mine <br />personnel was on site performing underground maintenance. <br />Availabiliri of Records <br />Office records were checked and for the most part required records were on file and up-to-date through the <br />4's qff, 2001. At the time of the inspection, annual certifications for the excavated SAE sediment traps and <br />a requested revised annual certification for the sedimentation pond had not been filed at the mine office. <br />The certifications were received by DMG on Mazch 29, 2002, and need to be placed on file at the mine <br />office. <br />Roads <br />Road surfaces and drainage structures were in general properly maintained and functional. Middle and <br />lower filter fabric ditch outlet sediment traps require clean-out, and the filter fabric should be replaced. <br />Hvdrolonic Balance <br />At the upper north side drop inlet culvert, some brush has grown up over the drop inlet opening and should <br />be cut back. Drainage control ditches and culverts were in general well maintained and functional. <br />Sediment pond reconstruction appeared to have been completed in compliance with We approved design, <br />and was certified by P.E. The pond was dry at the time of the inspection. <br />Two soi]/Reveeetation <br />Areas disturbed by recent flood damage repair work, including the topsoil and construction dirt stockpiles <br />and sediment drying azea, had been broadcast seeded with the interimseedmix and mulched. <br />