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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 supportlng the enforcement action. . This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the operator during the inspection. The general area received a significant amount of rain and some snow during the past week. There was no snow at the unit train loadout. About six inches of snow was at the East Mine and about one foot of snow was at the West Mine. East Mine The front gate was closed and locked. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance. The operator has ordered new mine ID signs. The paved haul road was either snow covered or wet from melting snow. The road was passable. The gravel/dirt access road leading up to the portal bench from the crusher/screener bench was covered in about six inches of snow and had several rocks that had fallen on it. However, this road was also passable. The haul road tb the West Ridge waste pile was cleaz, as were the access roads to the ponds. Most of the culverts, drainage ditches and road ditches were covered in snow. Those that were. not covered in snow had sufficient capacity. However, the culvert inlet to the east of the shop bench will need Gleaning soon. Also, the straw bales on the east side of the back crusher/screener bench ditch could use some repositioning. The only bin wall sediment pond of the four that had any water in it was the one second from the top, where the ice-covered water level was within three feet of the top of the primazy. The other three ponds had some snow in them, but no water. The bin walls appeazed to be stable. The gated primazy valve on the bottom pond, the NPDES point, was closed. The reclaimed old waste pile was snow covered. There did not appeaz to be any problems with slope instability. No slope stability or erosional problems were observed at the West Ridge waste pile as well. The east side of the pile was snow covered while the west side was cleaz of snow. Collection and diversion ditches and structures were functional. However, the twin culverts at the top of the West Ridge waste pile haul road have some debris at the inlets. Also, concerning the same twin culverts, there is some erosion in the azea immediately adjacent to the east culvert outlet that could use some attention. The ice-covered water level in the West Ridge waste pile sediment pond was within two feet of dischazge. , Run-Of--Mine (ROM) Stockpile The ROM pile azea was covered in snow. The road was not graded but was passable by four wheel drive. The ice-covered water level in the sediment pond was at the invert of the primary discharge structure but there was no dischazge since the gated valve was closed.