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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 partial inspection was conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the operator during the inspection. There was snow cover at the mine azeas higher in elevation. East Mine The gate at the East Mine was closed but no lock was present. The mine 1D sigu was up at the entrance. The paved haul road was in good condition. There were a few rocks on this road and on the graveled access road leading up to the portal bench but the roads were passable. There were a few rocks that had also fallen into the road ditches but the ditches still had capacity. Surface disturbance markers were up azound the site. There were no signs of slope instability with any of the benches' cut and fill slopes. No new reclamation activity was seen. The West Ridge waste pile and the old waste pile were well vegetated and did not show any signs of slope instability. The collection and diversion ditches at the West Ridge waste pile were functioning. The West Ridge waste pile pond had only a little snowmelt in it. The pond embankment was stable. The four bin wall ponds were all functional as well. Only the pond that was second from the top had any water in it and that volume of water was small. The gated valve of the bottom pond was closed, as designed. The straw bales on the crusher/screener bench were in place. There were a few rocks in the ditch at the warehouse level but the ditch had plenty of capacity. West Mine About one third of the partially reclaimed site was covered in snow. The backfilled and graded slopes appeazed to be stable. No erosional problems were observed. There was a little snowmelt in each of the two sediment ponds. Both pond embankments were stable. The mine ID sign was up, as were the surface disturbance mazkers. Run-of--Mine (ROMI Stockpile Snow covered most of this site. There was a little ponded water on top of the pile. The sediment pond had only a little standine water in it. The gated valve of the primary dischazge pipe was closed. The pond embantanent was well vegetated and appeazed to be stable. The mine ID sign was up and so were the surface disturbance mazkers. The graveled haul road was snow covered but was passable. Well Field The well field area was completely covered in snow. The road, however, was passable. The mine ID sign was up and surface disturbance markers were present. The topsoil stockpile sign was off of its post. c:/word bowie l /insp0306