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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during <br />the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the <br />facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection of the Edna Mine conducted by Tom Kaldenbach ofthe Colorado Division <br />of Minerals and Geology. No one else was present. The ground was dry throughout the site. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS <br />All required records were available at the Routt County Courthouse. The records checklist is attached, <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS <br />Mine i.d. signs were properly displayed at all three entrances to the permit area. <br />ROADS <br />The following roads were in excellent condition: North Road, Lower Moffat Road, West Ridge Road, <br />Skyline Drive, and access roads to Center Ridge and West Ridge ponds. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Ponds -The three uppermost ponds in the String of Pearls contained large pools of water. The <br />lowermost pond was dry. Inslopes and embankments of the following ponds were well-vegetated, <br />were not rilled or gullied, and appeared stable: Moffat pond, the lowermost Center Ridge pond, and <br />the two lowermost West Ridge ponds. (These three ponds are approved as permanent.) The flume at <br />NPDES 007 was in good operating order. Inslopes and embankments of the four Tipple (Oak Creek) <br />ponds were also well-vegetated, were not rilled or gullied, and appeared stable: These four are not <br />approved as permanent. <br />The following discharges were noted. <br />Location <br />NPDES outfall 007 <br />Old irrigation ditch below <br />Center Ridge pond (Spoil <br />spring 1 flow) <br />Center Ridge pond <br />discharge (mixes with <br />flow from ditch) <br />Estimated discharge <br />> 100 gpm <br />>100 gpm <br />>100 gpm <br />Seep 23 <br />Significant seepage in <br />grassy area <br />