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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. Permanent Drainage Channels Significant progress has been made with respect to permanent drainage channel construction since the previous inspection. In the "A" Pit area, the entirety of 006 Gulch and all of its tributary channels have been constructed and riprap appears to have been installed where required, with the exception of one segment of the 006 channel below the NE2 confluence, which may be steep enough to require riprap. 006-51 and 006-SE1 channels had been completed prior to the previous inspection. In the "B" Pit area, the lower steep segment of Channel 006-NE1 has not yet been completed, but under-liner had been laid, riprap was on hand, and the plan was to place the riprap as soon as soils were frozen sufficiently to allow safe equipment operation along the channel. The drainage channel construction is to be completed by the end of 2004. Backfill and Gradin Backfilling and grading operations appear to be in compliance with the timeframe requirements of the approved permit. The "A" Pit highwall reduction slope that had slumped and was repaired earlier this fall has now been topsoiled and seeded. There was no indication of renewed slumping or other indications of instability. Drilling was underway along the South Wadge Pit highwall near Stockpile VV to allow for blasting of the highwall to facilitate reclamation cast blasting. Topsoil and Revegetation Topsoiling has been completed in the "B" Pit Area and most areas of the "A" Pit, with the exception of approximately 20 acres of the lower "A" Pit, including portions of the South Highwall, slopes along lower 006 Gulch, and the area where Pond 006 sediment was spread to dry. Topsoil was being spread by D-6 dozer in these locations, and likely will be completed this fall, with the exception of the sediment spreading area, which has not dried sufficiently. Steep slope soil roughening and seeding has been completed in areas where soil replacement has been completed, following closely behind topsoiling operations. Re-grade spoil and soil sampling addressed in the previous report has not yet been completed, due to problems with the contractor doing the sampling. The sampling is still scheduled for this fall, and analyses are required to be included in the 2004 annual reclamation report. The fencing of the aspen establishment area located on the eastern ridgeline has been completed. An additional aspen planting area will be established in a swale area further to