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<br />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 partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology. The operator was represented by Karl Koehler who is new at Trapper. The ground was dry, <br />but the operator reports a large rainstorm occurred 3 days earlier on Sunday afternoon. <br />ROADS AND HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Roads, Ditches, and Culverts <br />The operator has repaired the gully in the light duty road that extends from North A Road to East <br />Pyeatt #1 pond. <br />Culvert A-12 contained 8-12 inches of sediment in the last inspection, but since then it has been <br />partially flushed out leaving only 4 inches of sediment. <br />The large block of sediment reported in the June 1997 inspection to be partially blocking the outlet end <br />of culvert GRS-12 is no longer there. <br />The side channel leading to the inlet area of culvert BC-2 (below No Name #2 pond) is eroding and <br />will need repair if the channel widens into the steep soil-covered banks on either side of the channel. <br />A jumble of large blocky boulders appear to serve ineffectively as riprap in the center of the channel. <br />Monitoring Wells <br />Caps are in place on the following wells: GF 1, 2, 3, and 11; GB 1, 2, and 5. <br />Sedimentation Ponds <br />No Name Drainage - #2 pond is flowing an estimated 50 gpm into its drop inlet; #4 and #5R are <br />discharging 5 gpm of clear water. Embankments and inslopes of these three ponds are well- <br />vegetated and appear stable. <br />Johnson Drainage - #6 pond is flowing an estimated 5 gpm into its drop inlet. #7R is discharging a <br />trickle of clear water. Embankments and inslopes are well-vegetated and appear stable. <br />West Pyeatt Drainage -Water level is one foot below the spillway of #1 pond. A sediment marker was <br />not found but could be below the water; operator will research. #2 pond was dry. Both ponds have <br />well-vegetated, stable inslopes and embankments. <br />Middle Pyeatt Drainage - #3 pond is dry; inslopes and embankments are stable. <br />East Pyeatt Drainage - All three ponds are flowing a trickle of clear water. Inslopes and <br />embankments of #2 and #3 ponds are well-vegetated and appear stable. #1 pond has recently been <br />dredged; west and east banks are now bare from the dredging operation, but are not eroded. <br />-3- <br />