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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 Jce Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the operator during the field inspection. The azea has received several snowfalls since Thanksgiving. There was snow on the Bound at all of the sites, ranging from a few inches at the train Loadout to over 8 inches at the West Mine. There was no activity at any of the sites that were visited. East Mine The gate at the entrance was closed and locked. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance and contained the correct information. The operator has ordered new mine ID signs that show the name change from Bowie Resources Limited to Bowie Resources LLC. The roads were snow covered but were passable with four wheel drive. There were a few small rocks on the road but they were not a problem. All of the benches at the east mine were covered in snow. There were no signs of slope instability with any of the cut and fill slopes. No problems were observed at the portal bench, substation, shop bench, transfer bench and crushing and screening bench. Snow covered the West Ridge waste pile. There were no signs of slope instability. The collection and diversion ditches were snow covered but appeared to be functional. Run-of--Mine (ROM) Stockpile The ROM pile site was covered in snow. The road was passable with a four wheel drive vehicle. It did not appeaz that there was any snow-covered standing water in the pond. Unit Train Loadout The three entrances off of the main highway were open. Mine ID signs were up at each entrance. The site was covered in snow. The entrance roads were covered in snow but were easily passable. There were no signs of fugitive dust on the fiighway or at the Loadout entrances. There were no offsite problems with coal along the railroad tracks across the bridge. The west collection ditch was functional. Also functional were the diversion ditches and culverts at the site. The sediment pond was snow covered but there was no evidence of any standing water. The containment berm azoand the fuel facility was functional. There were no fuel leaks. No problems were observed with any of the facilities or the material storage azeas: Hiehway Coal Stockpile This site was also covered in snow, except for a portion of the south-facing cut slope. There were no signs of slope or erosional instability with the cut slope. The sediment pond was dry but snow covered. West Mine The road up to the West Mine was snow packed. The road past the West Mine that leads up to the fan site was not graded. The West Mine was covered in snow that was about 8 inches deep. The mine ID sign was up but was partially obscured by snow that had been pushed up by the road grader. There were no signs of slope instabihty at the backfilled and graded portal bench area. c:/word bowie 1/insp 1204