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2 <br />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 <br />inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of Colorado DMG. The operator was <br />represented by Gary Hazding during the field inspection and by Bill Bear, Jr. during the records <br />check. It had snowed several inches the day before. The entire mine site was covered in snow. <br />Roads <br />The main paved haul road was in good shape. Because of snow the day before, the road had <br />been graded and the remaining snow melted off before the haul trucks could operate. Most of the <br />snow on the haul road to the gob pile had been graded off The section of haul road leading up to <br />the gob pile itself was cleaz of any snow. The access road to the vvatertank bench was snow <br />covered but graded. Light use roads were snow covered. <br />Facilities <br />The operator is constructing the vent shafr on the watertank bench. The muck from the operation <br />has been placed on that bench temporarily. The operator needs to be careful where the muck will <br />be placed permanently. It can be placed in the gob pile only if the material properties are tested <br />and shown to be suitable for placement at the gob pile. <br />The operator is preparing to pour the foundation for the bath house on the west side of the portal <br />bench area. The pazking lot is neazly completed. Anew material storage yard has been <br />constructed on the east side of the portal bench. The eovertill stockpile area was snow covered. <br />There were no problems with any of the facilities structures. <br />The operator has been getting coal cars so the coal stockpile on the portal bench has been greatly <br />reduced in size over the last 3 weeks. Perhaps because of the rapid loading of coal, combined <br />with the recent high winds, some coal dust has settled onto a portion of the outslope of the portal <br />bench. Time will tell as to whether or not the coal dust will retard revegetation efforts and result <br />in erosional problems. The subsoil that is exposed on the outslope has not been degraded by the <br />coal dust for now, but repeated dustings may result in contamination over time. This azea will be <br />watched. <br />Siens and markers <br />The mine [D signs were up and contained the correct information. Surface disturbance markers <br />were also present, as were the topsoil stockpile signs. <br />