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_._ ' - <br />III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the fads or evidence <br />supporting the enforcement action. <br />This partial inspection of the King Coal Mine was conducted by DMG staff from the Durango <br />Office, 701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO 81301, phone (970) 247-5469. <br />Operations were active. Soil conditions were wet and muddy due to snow melt. <br />Mine identification sign was posted at the mine entrance. Permit boundary markers were <br />posted. Entrance gate was open. <br />Mine entrance road was well maintained. Drainage conveyance swale, directing yard and road <br />drainage to the small sediment pond, was intact and functioning. <br />Large sediment pond was holding water, water depth was approximately 3'. Primary and <br />secondary spillways appeared intact, clear of debris and capable of functioning as designed, <br />no discharge noted. Pond embankment appeared stable. OverFlow pipe to the small pond was <br />intact, no flow noted. <br />Small sediment pond was holding water, water depth was approximately 2'. Primary and <br />secondary spillways appeared intact, clear of debris and capable of functioning as designed, <br />no discharge noted. Embankment appeared stable. <br />Upland diversion ditches, sediment containment structures and culverts appeared well <br />maintained and capable of functioning as designed. Excavation of the new upland diversion <br />ditch, necessary to allow expansion of the refuse disposal pile, was active. Two juniper trees <br />had been relocated from the new ditch excavation and transplanted on the outslope of the <br />refuse disposal pile. <br />The operator has cut the toe of the outslope of the refuse disposal pile to ensure vehicle access <br />around the coal product stockpile. Evidence of slope instability, resulting from the removal of <br />minor slope base material, was not observed. <br />