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III. Comments-Compliance <br />Below are comments on the mspecUOn. The comments include discussion of otrservairons made during the mspedton Comments also <br />descnbe any enforcemem action taken during the inspection and the facts suDPONng the enforcement action <br />1 hi. vva; a partial inspretiun conducted h~ Juuel Binns- u(C'oluraJu lhv isiun tit Rrclamalion. Mining anJ tiatin, I lahitat <br />\lmrtgrntrm ttu. on site cullrcling vegetation J:ua lire purpo;rs o(reclamatinn wrcess drknninatinn Ihr ti+cui o(the <br />impaction vv;t_; to ohxnr the vegetation an rcrluimeJ areas ^[ Ihr time of Ihr inspection and vcri(} roncrm that m;ty hmc <br />been rneountareJ by the +antpling crew. I he mini ;ita wa; damp. A rnin;pxnt had passaJ Through ~~ ithin the hour <br />preceding the in;paction. I ha eampling crcvv two not culkcting data ;n the time the inslx.~nur ntet up with them. Lighlanittg <br />in Iha area had aauxJ the arrw w sack ,halter. <br />tiontr ;.:ranng had occurred on Ihr mine prior to ihr ;:unplinu. by iJance of linutal grrring and hn,vssntg by w Jdliti .v u. <br />evident in the I++war alavations tit the minx I>nuthvvast side of the mine. nlalivch alox to l rout Crerkt. Ihr sampling crew <br />rapurled seeing appro>intatrh I? head of callla,at the mine si0.• whila sampling. Sonn ealtla ware ohsanaJ just oll'lha <br />reclaimed ;trey Burning the htspecliun No sheep were uMeneJ on the mini site During the inspecuun though the sampling <br />rrrw reportad that stnt and other avidrnca of sheep gr:~ing was thund in the n~raaintrd areas and the rrplaartncnl <br />sr~ahnuh,';nuvvham rcfcrrnce.traa. <br />l ha vegetation on tha rralaintcd Rkittat pn arcn IoukaJ vcn gaud and hr:dlh~ with nu saLn uYgrvutg in the ca;trm lx+ntons <br />flea ware uh;rneJ During ttus inspection :1 ,etllemem araak wai noted tin tha rastem purtian ollha \LdY.~t pit, just vvrst of <br />the :+cce., runt. I he crack d+>z. nat avtand li+r in Japth :utd show; nu sign of water Itnwing into it, 1 his liautre hwk. old <br />and .Table. Nast ltiJge rcclantaUun parcels were nut~t drier:utJ the vrgrtatiun sparer That Ihut Hated m the \toflat pit area. <br />Non-tnp;oilyd N'aa Itidgr parcels had sparse cover ~~ nh Cicer milkvatch, prrcnni:d grns;rs, allitlht- anJ hounJstungua a; the <br />v isu;Jh Jominam ;Ix:cie; sonic gracing was ev iJcm in Ihr 1\ cst Ridge parcch but the grating had tarn vcn limited. <br />the tingchntsh snnwharn rekrenae aria was in;pactad. Ihr hntshing d:unagc a, Ihr center poniun of Ihr retircncr arcn is <br />cvlcnsive. liuud regrovNh and .proofing Bum the snovvhrm was nu0.t1. hnuaking Down Ihr sagehntsh has alluvvrJ the gatss <br />;pecius p> rccovrr aril reslwnJ positively. 1 he o{rarntor rrtnovad this dantagrd ponion ot'Iha rrtirrnca area ttom eontpari;nn <br />li,r rcclantatian succes drtamtinatinn I he reference arcn ha, tern cvtanded to include aJJitional area In the cast of Ihr <br />original rali:rancc area. tiomc giving by sheep was nutcJ within this e~trndcd area. hw gracing vv7i not e~tansiva. Some <br />Han-native slraeirs. Basin vvilJnr, anJ smooth bnmtc vv err noted in iha actendeJ sa~_ahru;h snuwbem reverence area as wall. <br />l hr renwining and evlanJed s:tgahntsh ;nowhern rctirncc area a~hihit mature dansr wgchnuh w ith a vvrll astahlishaJ <br />pa«•nni;d etas. and ti,rh unJrnum. <br />.:: ~ <br />~, ~ ,; • . n i; ~.:+~ :-.x"11 <br />~., <br />~ ~-~ i _ <br />~~ '.-: " ~ r --: ` ,.~ ~~~r,7•;;;ma,y t , . -.. + .... - ~.... <br />~.^, ` ~ <br />y ^~ ~ '~.., , ~ 1 <br />J'~ ~i <br />~. >~~,~. <br />Non-topsoned West Ridge vegetation _ _ t'c!sr~:; a icck°a ~^Jus! <br />