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III. Comments/Compliance This was a partial inspection conducted by Jim Burnell of CDMG and Henry Austin of OSM, on the afternoon of June 7, 2004. The site was quiet and deserted. Weather sunny and hot. There was still a good flow in Hubbard Creek, estimated at 3 cfs. The water was slightly turbid both above and below the Blue Ribbon mine site, showing no evidence of siltation coming from the Blue Ribbon mine site. All the signage was erected and in place. The road and gate to the site was in good repair and the gate was locked. The operator has erected a fence along the gate area at the creek crossing to keep out sheep. The road to the site was dry and clean with no rockfall The old coal stockpile area was stable. Cheatgrass had invaded that location this year and the overall vegetative cover did not look as good as it has in recent years. In particular, the cicer milkvetch, which usually provides a very good cover, was not very well developed yet. All the ponds were dry. The floor of pond 5 was cracked mud, indicating that there had been some water there. The embankments were stable and the discharge structure was in order. Pond 4 was dry. The discharge pipe was clear as was the emergency discharge culvert. The path (road) to Pond 5 showed no erosion and some small amount of vegetative growth. The area around the gate shows decent vegetation, given the rocky nature of the soil. Likewise the old access road up to the upper bench. There was a good bit of Cheatgrass on that road this season. The area was stable. The upper bench showed was extremely dry already. Of particular note are the wild rose bushes there. A great deal of Cheatgrass had encroached on this area, scattered throughout. There are some perennial grasses also. None of the underdrains were discharging. The lower ditch was dry. The mine records were checked in the Delta County Courthouse. See the attached sheet.