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<br />III. COMMENTS COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations <br />made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken du n ng <br />the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. No one else was present du n ng the field portion of the inspection. <br />No one else was present during the inspection. A few inches of melting snow covered the <br />ground. The entrance gates to the loadout were locked. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS <br />All required records were available at the Montgomery Watson office in Steamboat Springs. <br />The records checklist is attached. <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS <br />Updated mine i.d. signs have recently been posted at the proper locations. <br />Permit perimeter signs, stream buffer signs, and topsoil markers were properly displayed. <br />ROADS <br />The Tie-across Haul Road is in good shape. The access road in the office area and Haul <br />Roads 1 and 2 are in good condition. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Ditches - The following ditches appeared to have design capacity: the perimeter ditch <br />and collection ditches in the truck loop area, ditch 7, ditch 9 and the ditches beneath <br />the conveyor where the sump pump drains. <br />Culverts - Culverts beneath the conveyor (LFC-3, 4, and 5) were in good repair at their <br />inlet and outlet ends and were clear. Culverts LFC-1 and LFC-9 are clear and display no <br />scouring at either end. <br />Sediment Control Ponds - The water level in the truck loop pond (Pond 1) was <br />approximately 1 foot below the top of the drop inlet. Water was about 3 feet deep in the <br />rail loop pond. Both ponds' inslopes, outslopes. and embankments appear stable, and are <br />not Bullied. <br />SAES <br />No problems were found ~n the office/parking lot/leach field SAE. <br />Page 3 <br />