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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 complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach and David Berry of the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. No one else was present. Greg Lewicki, the operator's consultant <br />was contacted but was unable to be present during the inspection. The site was dry. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS <br />The records checklist is attached. As shown in the checklist, the following nine documents could not <br />be found in the operator's file that is kept at the Routt County Clerk and Recorder's office: <br />A legible insurance certificate, <br />2. Underground mining landowner notification, <br />3. 3 years of DMG/OSM inspection reports and enforcement actions, <br />4. Midterm Review documents, <br />5. NPDES Permit (most recent), <br />6. Stormwater Management Plan, <br />7. Map showing the entire permit boundary, <br />8. Map showing land ownership, <br />9. Map showing the extent of mining. <br />All nine documents should be inserted in the file. <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS <br />The two mine i.d. signs on County Rd. 29 should be updated to show the operator's current address <br />and phone number, and, as required by 4.30.1(3), the DMG's name, address, and phone number. <br />Other signs required on the site were up and contained the correct information. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Sedimentation Pond <br />The pond is dry. The two discharge structures appear functional. The pond's inslopes, outslopes, <br />and embankment are well-vegetated and stable, and are not Bullied. <br />Ditches and Culverts <br />With the exception of part of ditch D8 ,all ditches and the swale in the road meet design capacity and <br />have positive drainage. The part of D8 that does not have positive drainage is approximately 150 feet <br />downgradient from culvert C4. Although D8 is functional, it has a low area where algae is growing in a <br />few inches of stagnant water. (These same conditions were noted in last month's inspection report, <br />although the location was erroneously described.) Soil on the embankment within one foot directly <br />-3- <br />