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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. On May 13, and 14, 1997, William J. Carter and Joe Dudash from the Division of Minerals and Geology, accompanied by Tom Anderson and Mazk Milner, performed a complete inspection at the Sanborn Creek Mine (Oxbow Carbon and Minerals). The weather was clear and warm. Roads: • The roads to the Hubbard Creek sites were being cleared by the County on Tuesday, and were passable for our inspection on Wednesday. • Tom Anderson pointed out more cracks in the road just above the existing slide area. This is a reminder of the natural lack of stability inherent to this area. • All other roads throughout the mine site wen; found to be well-maintained and in good, stable condition at the time of the inspection. Hvdrolottic Balance: • The pond created by the natural slide in Bear Creek is somewhat smaller than when last observed in April. • Pond A was moist, but did not contain any free water. • Pond B contained water just above the primary discharge pipe, but was not discharging at this time. • The east yard pond, the sediment pond at substation number three, and the sediment pond at Upper Hubbard Creek were all dry at the time of this inspection. • The mine pond continues to discharge cleaz water. • Most of the drainage ditches throughout the mine site have been recently cleaned, and all the ditches appear to be functioning properly at this time. • The seep observed at the Bear Creek site is north of the old portal location. According to Tom Anderson, this seep was present during mining operations at this site and was above the old water tank. This area appears to be stable at this time. Backfill and Grading: No significant changes were noted at either Beaz Creek or Hubbard Creek since the last inspection. )xnlosives- • Berms are stable and well vegetated at this time. • Silt Cences, and culverts at the explosive storage location were found to be clean and fully functional during the inspection. Processing Waste• The gob pile was found to be stable and drains were clean and fully functional.