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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 Joe Dudash of Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. Mark Milner represented the operator. The weather was clear and dry during the inspection but had been wet a few days before. Facilities The operator has entered the mine and is doing preparation work for a restart of mining, perhaps in July. The operator is in the process of installing a water pipeline to dewater the mine. The pipeline will come out of the vent shaft above the portals and travel to the area of the mine dewatering pond. The operator plans on bypassing the pond, since the pond is small. No mine water is being pumped out of the emergency borehole and into the emergency pond E. For now, the mine water is being discharged through the normal method, using the mine water dischazge pond. The railroad has cleaned up the debris from their recent track work. However, the railroad still has to take the debris offsite. The operator is working on restoring this area to thetr satisfaction. Trees have been planted. Athree-wire fence will be installed to prevent public access to the site. Some of the area next to the tracks will be graveled. The retaining wall below the cemetery was still being built. There were no problems observed with fugitive dust at the mine site. There was no activity at the Bear Creek and Hubbard Creek reclaimed sites Roads All of the roads are in good shape. The roads were being watered during the inspection. There were some small rocks that had fallen from the cut slope onto the light use road leading to pond C. The operator is considering the possibility of using the emergency roads in gulches A, B and C for a future methane degas project. The road next to the portals was realigned a little bit in order to improve access. Hydrolosv There was a small amount of water in pond B and in the substation no. 3 pond. Pond C and the Upper Hubbard Creek pond were dry. There was very little water in the emergency pond E. The inslopes and outslopes have been reseeded. All pond embankments appeared to be stable and spillways were functional.