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III. COMMENTS-COMPLIANCE <br />This was a Phase I bond release inspection of the Lone Pine portal area and associated <br />facilities conducted by Jim Burnell of CDMG on Thursday, October 7. 2004. The <br />inspection team included Henry Barbe of Mountain Coal Company. Sandy Brown of CDMG. <br />Mitch Rollings of the Office of Surface Mining, and Denn~e Wilson, ranch manager for the <br />DLH Land Trust, a surface landowner of part of the inspected site The weather was fair and <br />sunny. <br />The area for which bond release was applied consists of 5 different sections -the Lone Pine <br />portal area. the development waste pile. the former topsoil stockpile area, the pipeline <br />corridor and the former electrical substation. The access road to the area will not be <br />reclaimed as it is apre-existing ranch road which the land owner (DLH Trust -Lazy H <br />Ranch) has requested be retained. <br />The former substation area consisted of an electrical substation on a gravel pad, a small <br />topsoil stockpile and a small area for parking. The regrading of the area was excellent as the <br />area has been returned to its approximate original contour. The substation pad has always <br />been permitted as a small area exemption (SAE) and has been equipped with silt fence and <br />straw bales placed strategically to prevent off-site sediment transport. There was some silt <br />fence remaining on the downhill side of the pad area Vegetation on the pad area was <br />excellent and there was no erosion and no evidence of sediment transport into the <br />undisturbed area. Nevertheless a demonstration to demonstrate the sufficiency of the <br />vegetation to prevent any off-site transport of sediment. <br />Following is a photo of the reclaimed substation area <br />