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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 DRMS. No one represented the operator during the field inspection. Basil Bear represented Bowie Resources during the records check. West Mine The backfilled area has a good vegetative cover and there were no indications of slope instability or erosional problems. The road to the site was in good condition and the mine ID sign and surface disturbance markers were up. The upper sediment pond was dry. The gated valve was open, as designed. The lower sediment pond had a little standing water in it. This pond's gated valve was closed, as designed. The ponds' embankments were stable and spillways were functional. The silt fence and straw bales around the site were functional but repair is needed soon. There was a large patch of thistle in the northeast corner of the backfilled area and some thistle was also starting to grow at the fan site. East Mine The front gate to the east mine was closed and locked. The mine ID sign was up on the gate. The paved haul road was in very good condition, although there were small rocks on the road. The access road to the portal bench also had quite a Few small rocks on it and in the road ditch but it, too, was passable. However, the light use road up to the utility bench was not passable by vehicle due to the many rocks on the road. There has been some recent reclamation work at the east mine. Some of the concrete and asphalt have been broken up on the warehouse bench. Concrete has also been broken up at the waste oil site. Some of the steel at the substation is now on the ground. Benches appeared to be stable. Bench outslopes were well vegetated and highwalls were stable. Topsoil stockpiles had fair to good vegetative cover. Topsoil signs were up. There were no signs of slope instability or erosional gullies on the West Ridge waste pile and the old waste pile. The sediment control system was functioning properly. Culverts and ditches had capacity although a lot of small rocks were in road ditches and in the ditch on the west side of the warehouse bench. All of the sediment ponds were operational. Only the bin wall pond that is second from the top had any water in it. The other ponds were dry. The spillways of the ponds were functional and pond embankments and pond bin walls were stable. Hi way Coal Stockpile The coal at this site has been removed and the area was covered with dirt and seeded. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance. The dirt entrance road was in good condition. Surface disturbance markers were up around the site. The cut slope was well vegetated and appeared to be stable. The flat area had recently been covered with additional dirt so the area did not have a good vegetative cover. This flat area needs to be seeded. The sediment pond at this site was dry. The west side culvert inlet was protected by straw bales. On the west side of this area, a patch of whitetop is growing and needs to be sprayed.