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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. This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. Bill Bear represented the operator. Facilities Bowie Resources has started construction of the train loadout. Heavy equipment was moved onsite at the extreme east end of the project area, off of Old State Highway 133. Topsoil salvaging operations began, moving east to west. An excavator and three haul trucks aze being used in the salvaging operation. Topsoil is being trucked along a road constructed in the disturbed area to the topsoil stockpile azea. The contractor was removing about 30 inches of topsoil but had left behind a fair amount of topsoil. The contractor will bring in a dozer and salvage the remaining topsoil for the topsoil pile. The disturbed azea for this portion of the construction is upgradient from the existing railroad tracks. Sediment control in this area consists of the railroad track bed and silt fence and straw bales placed in front of the inlets to culverts that go underneath the railroad tracks. Once the topsoil is stripped, the east end cut will be placed as fill to the west. Then, the approved sediment control ditches can be established to flow into sediment ponds. The contractor was stripping topsoil for a haul road in the disturbed azea to build Pond K. Once this pond is built, work on the loadout structure will begin. The contractor has not built Pond J yet. There were no problems with any of the other facilities. There were no leaks at the fuel facility. The explosives cap and powder houses magazines were locked. There were no fugitive dust problems along Old State Highway 133 at the mine entrance or in front of the coal stockpile, which was very lazge in size. The coal stockpile on the portal bench was fairly small in size. Roads The paved haul road was in good condition. Guazd rail was properly installed. The operator built up the berm along the gob pile haul road, as required by MSHA. The road was in good condition. The access road to the water tank bench was in good condition as well. Light use roads at higher elevations were snow covered.