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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 partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Division Minerals and Geology. Jerry Koblitz of Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc. represented the operator. Mr. Koblitz was overseeing a contractor's installation of rock riprap in permanent gully channels. This work was approved in MR-53. The pennittee has requested Phase III (final) release on the entire site. The file number is SL-5. The bond release inspection was held in September 2004. The ground was dry. With the consent of the operator's representative, this report was issued from the Denver office of DMG. REVEGETATION Vegetative cover appears to have significantly increased on reclaimed azeas since the bond release inspection 8 months earlier. RECLAMATION SUCCESS No new erosional features were evident on the hillslopes of the East Pit azea or west of Stollsteimer Creek in the Barren Ridge area. During the inspection, the operator's contractor installed rock riprap in headcuts and gully channels. The work appeared to meet the design specifications approved in MR- 53. The 11 headcuts/gullies were riprapped with angulaz sandstone having a D50 of 1.0 feet. The rock was carried to the slopes with a front end loader and was carried across the slope with a Bobcat loader. The rock was placed and anchored into the slope with a lazge tracked excavator and by hand. New land disturbance was minimized. Tracked areas were not seeded, but the operator's consultant, Jerry Koblitz, told me a final settlement with the landowner includes providing seed for the landowner to spread in the Fall. Photographs of the riprap installations taken during the inspection are attached.