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III. COMMENTS - COMPLLANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br />evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety. No one represented the operator during the field inspection. During the inspection, a contractor for <br />Oxbow Mining was bringing skid-mounted equipment up the Blue Ribbon mine access road past Pond 5 to an <br />Oxbow Mining drill site further up the canyon. A couple pieces of contractor equipment were left near Pond 5 <br />and will be removed. <br />Roads <br />The road up Hubbard Creek was dry and in very good condition. The access road to the mine and to Pond 5 was <br />also in very good condition. The front gate was open for access by Oxbow Mining's contractor. <br />Signs and Markers <br />The mine ID sign and the records location sign were up on the front gate. Surface disturbance boundary marker <br />signs were up azound the disturbed area. <br />H d~rolo~ <br />There was a slow, steady stream of drops coming out of the north underdrain. The other underdrains did not <br />have any water coming out of them. The inlet and outlet of the black culvert that drains the upper reclaimed <br />bench were clear. <br />Pond 5 was completely dry. The collection ditch that brings surface runoff to the north side of Pond 5 had <br />sufficient capacity. Pond 4 was also dry. This pond has a lot of grass and bushes growing inside the pond. The <br />culvert leading into pond 4 was clear. The upland diversion ditch above the reclaimed coal stockpile area was <br />well vegetated. <br />Reclamation <br />The backfilled and graded mine site was stable and had moderate to good vegetative cover. There were no signs <br />of slope instability or erosional problems with the benches or outslopes. The benches had positive drainage to <br />the back and to the north. There was one small seep near the north end of the first bench. The seep area was wet <br />but no water was flowing. <br />The reclaimed coal stockpile area had moderate to good vegetative cover. <br />c:/word/bl ueribbon/insp0906 <br />