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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. Hvdrology The water level in Pond C was at the level of the primary dischazge structure. The gated valve was closed. Pond D had a little water in it. Pond B had water up to the primary discharge tube. Pond J and Pond K at the train loadout were dry. No ponds were dischazging at the time of the inspection. All pond embankments were stable and all pond spillways were functional. Culverts and ditches azound the mine site and train loadout were functional. However, the outlet of the road culvert at the west end of the coverfill stockpile azea will need a little cleaning soon. Straw bales and silt fence were also functional. However, one straw bale at the cove-r€tlI stockpile will need replacing soen. The ditch and-silt -fence at the base of the train loadout benches were functional, although a couple of the silt fence sections at the base of the bench that is east of the Terror Creek Loadout will need repair soon. On the west end of the train loadout, there was water flowing from the irrigated field above the location through the raikoad track culverts. There was also some water coming out of the French drain. At the east end of the train loadout, the operator's repair work on the Fire Mountain Canal has been very successful. There were only two very small seeps in the cut bench slope. The operator has installed a flexible pipe to pass irrigation water from an upgradient field through a culvert and under the tracks. The seep azea to the west of the water tank bench was wet but not flowing. The seep above the road leading to the water tank bench appeazed to be dry. Gob Pile The top of the gob pile was being graded at the time of the inspection. The material appeazed to be a little moist but not wet. The ditches at the site had sufficient capacity. The water bar arld culvert at the entrance to the site were functional. The outside road berms and inside road ditches were operational. Slope Stability There was one very small azea of the train loadout bench where cracks have appeazed in the outer edge of the bench. The bench azea is located between the Elaine Johnston house and the Terror Creek Loadout. It was not obvious whether the cracks were due to the beginning of a localized slope stability problem or whether it was due to shrinkage Z