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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 />This was a regular complete inspection of the Bourg Mine conducted by Jim Burnell of DMG, <br />beginning at 1500, 21 July 1997. The weather was warm, partly cloudy, and calm. The inspector was <br />unaccompanied. The site was unoccupied and quiet, the gate was locked and undisturbed. Recent <br />tracks indicate that someone had accessed the site within the last several days. <br />Records: The mine records, found a[ the Jackson County courthouse, need some maintenance. Many <br />of the recent records have not been added to the file. Outdated items include the last 3 yeazs of DMG <br />inspection forms, recent Annual Hydrology Reports, the most recent reclamation cost estimate, <br />vegetation monitoring data, recent rill and gully surveys, and midterm review documents. The <br />operator should ensure that these records are present within the files and easy to access by interested <br />parties <br />SignslMarkers: Sign at entrance needs to be modified to include the DMG, as per rule 40.30.2 (3). <br />Roads:On the North perimeter there is incipient erosion around the edges of several of the <br />waterbars/rock check dams on the perimeter road. The operator should perform some dressing of the <br />rills around the ends of these check dams and perhaps "readjust" the rocks [o prevent channeling of the <br />water azound the sides of these water bars. Erosion is nonexistent on the steepest part of the perimeter <br />road, where the check dams have functioned effectively. The erosion was noted toward the east end of <br />that North perimeter where the slope is gentler. <br />Hydrologic Balance: The natural arroyo in the northwest comer of the site is stable with no erosion <br />evident. It contains a reasonably thick growth of vegetation on the bottom. <br />Midway along the south perimeter is a swale where the grass is still green and some wild iris is <br />growing. This area hosted standing water late into the summer season. There is no sign of seeps or <br />springs or any remaining water. <br />General Mine Plan Compliance: The perimeter fence is secure and in good repair all the way <br />around. Wire from the old telephone line is down along the west and north perimeters. Old telephone <br />poles have been sawed off to 6" above the ground. <br />Topsoil: A small erosion feature was encountered winding north from the southeast corner of the site. <br />There is very little vegetation in this down-cutting feature. It would be advisable to stabilize the area <br />with vegetation before it becomes a problem with additional runoff.. Location: 100 yards at N 1 OW <br />from southeast comer. <br />Another erosional feature has developed right along the north odge of the vegetation study area on the <br />south side of the permit area. The morphology is as follows: within the the first 150 feet the ground <br />surface is incised, 3 feet at its deepest. Over the next 50 feet, the topography flattens and the channel is <br />flat-bottomed and shallow (only several inches deep), with abundant vegetation growing in the bottom. <br />At that 50-foot distance, it meets with the 2-track road leading to the gravel pad. The feature remains <br />shallow and appears stable for l50 feet to 200 feet along the road, flowing N30W, with grass growing <br />in the bottom. There the topography is such that some of the flow is diverted into a low spot to the <br />