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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <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 Feld inspection. <br />Facilities <br />There were no problems observed at the mine office and shop area, substation, material storage area, coal truck <br />weigh station and loadout facilities. There was not a lot of stockpiled coal on the facilities bench. The berm on <br />the outside edge of the facilities bench was in place. Coal haul trucks were operating but no railcars were being <br />loaded during the inspection. There were no fugitive problems offsite, although there was a slight black staining <br />of the highway asphalt at the entrance to the site. <br />Hydrology <br />The east pond was dry. The pond embankment was well vegetated and inslopes were stable. The gated primary <br />discharge valve was in the closed position. The emergency spillway was operational with riprap in the <br />downslope of the pond embankment. <br />The west pond was dry as well. The open channel spillway had sufficient capacity. <br />Silt fence and straw bales were in place along the railroad small area exemption. Irrigation water was flowing in <br />the private ditch on the west side of the loadout. The water was channeled under the railroad tracks through one <br />of the railroad culverts. <br />Topsoil Stockpiles <br />The west topsoil stockpile had good vegetative cover. The collection and diversion ditch berm was functional. <br />The topsoil sign was up on the pile. The east topsoil stockpile had moderate vegetative growth on it. The <br />collection and diversion ditches were well vegetated and were functional. The topsoil stockpile signs were up on <br />this stockpile as well. <br />Signs and Markers <br />The permit boundary marker signs were up around the site. The mine ID signs were up at the main entrance, east <br />entrance and down by the railroad tracks. <br />c: /word/terror/i n sp0906 <br />