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<br />III. Comments - Compliance <br />Below are particular issues with regard to any of the compliance Items. <br />Enforcement actions resulting from failure to comply with the Act, Rules <br />and Regulations, and the permit also are identified below. <br />Availability of Records (5.02.4 <br />All records are maintained in the trailer on site. Dorchester has <br />provided all monitoring data to date and will be providing additional <br />data as collected during the ensuing permit review process. <br />Hydrologic Balance (4.05) <br />There 1s a berm around the coal stockpile (between the sediment ponds) <br />that has apparently been breached. Any runoff from the pile, however, <br />would not Impact any undisturbed areas and would still be controlled by a <br />sediment pond. The berm should be repaired however. <br />Baseline Monitoring <br />The ephemeral drainages off the south face of the Book Cliffs were <br />partially walked in order to determine if water sampling stations were <br />properly located. Dry Gulch, which drains the Central lease was <br />completely dry to the areas observed. There was a stockpond located <br />along its drainage which had water in tt. There were no springs or seeps <br />1n the observed areas of Dry Gulch. Dry Gulch has its headwaters along <br />the face of the Book Cliffs with very little upland area contributing <br />runoff from snowmelt. <br />The Big Salt Nash was walked to the area of the confluence of Lipan Wash <br />and Dry Gulch. Both these tributaries were dry. Big Salt Nash had <br />moderate flow and was carrying high suspended sediment. <br />Layton Nash had no flow at its confluence with Lipan Wash. The upstream <br />reaches of Layton Nash were walked and had low flow through this reach. <br />Flow was estimated at a few tenths of a cfs. Once the upstream water of <br />Layton Nash reach the outcrop of the Mancos Shale, the flow quickly <br />percolates Into the streambed. <br />Layton Nash has the largest upland headwaters of the drainages off the <br />front of the Book Cliffs. There are numerous sulfurous springs and seeps <br />along its upstream course. This flow is enhanced by snowmelt. <br />The upstream drainage of L1 pan Wash was not walked, so it is not known if <br />any flow was present. <br />