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1 <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 />Deer pond may need some repair in the near future. <br />Ditches and Culverts <br />All of the ditches and culverts had design capacity and were functional. Maintenance will be <br />needed in several instances. The outlet of culvert GRS-2 needs some cleaning. Culvert A-8 also <br />needs a little cleaning. A small amount of debris nP.eds to be cleaned out of the west A-5 culvert <br />outlet. The outlet of culvert DH-5 will need some cleaning soon. The operator is going to check <br />the east culvert of the BC-1 trio of culverts to see if it needs cleaning or if there is just a bend in <br />the culvert. Finally, there is some erosion in the riprapped channel leading to culvert BC-2 that <br />needs some repair. Due to the large riprap rock size, the runoff has jumped outside of the <br />riprapped channel. A better grading of riprap appears to be needed. <br />SprinQS and Seeps <br />The East Pyeatt spring just below the East Pyeatt no. 3 pond was flowing at about 2 GPM. At the. <br />Cottonwood and Wapiti springs, the flow was about 10 GPM. There was a trickle at the seep just <br />below the No Name no. 5 pond. The spring just above the Johnson no. 6 pond was flowing at <br />about 20 GPM. Below the Coyote pond, that spring was flowing at about 10 to 15 GPM. The <br />flow at the Flume Gulch drainage was about 20 to 30 GPM. <br />Reclamation <br />The operator has hired a full time herbicide perso-. The spraying of noxious weeds was taking <br />place during the inspection. Noxious weeds were observed at several places around the minesite <br />during the inspection. <br />The operator has been restricted in the repair of gullies due to the wet conditions at the minesite. <br />No major gullying was observed. However, there was a gully in the East Pyeatt drainage, below <br />culvert A-8, [hat needs attention. The runoff has jumped out of [he riprapped channel and is <br />beginning to cut a new channel. <br />