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111. 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 fact.; or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology. The inspection concentrated around the train loadout, highway coal stockpile and the <br />West Mine. Basil Bear represented the operator during the field inspection of the West Mine. No <br />one represented the operator during the inspection of the train loadout or the highway coal <br />stockpile. The operator plans on beginning reclamation operations at the West Mine in about one <br />month. <br />Train Loadout <br />The coal haul trucks were unloading at the loadout. There were no signs of fugitive dust <br />compliance problems. CDOT was doing small repairs on highway 133 just outside the train <br />loadout. The diversion ditches were functional. The sedimentation pond was dry. <br />Hiehway Coal Stockaile <br />Some coal is being unloaded at the highway coal stockpile, although the volume is minor <br />compared to the amount that has been tacked out. There were no problems with fugitive dust <br />during the inspection. The sedimentation pond was dry. The straw bales on the south side of the <br />railroad tracks were in place. The land just to the south of the stockpile azea has been grubbed <br />and an access road was being built for the private owner. The disturbance is not mine related. <br />West Mine <br />The operator will finish the moving of the mine equipment From the facilities bench soon. The <br />west mine entrance road was in good shape. The gate was closed. There was a little water in the <br />sediment pond. The pond spillways were functional. <br />c:\ms97\bowie 1\insp0800 <br />