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e ~ <br />III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the <br />inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of Colorado DMG. Gary Harding <br />represented the operator. It had snowed the day before. The entire mine site was covered in <br />snow. <br />Facilities <br />No problems were noted at any of the facilities areas. No fuel or antifreeze was being stored at <br />the fuel barn on the portal bench. The operator is continuing to ship from the coal pile on the <br />crushing and screening bench. Most of the equipment has been removed at the West Portal. A <br />train was being loaded at the train loadout. Haul trucks were running from the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine. <br />H d~ology <br />Culverts and ditches were snow covered. The loadout pond was dry. The bin wall was sound <br />and the spillways were functional. Straw bales were in place next to the loadout structure. At the <br />crushing and screening bench, one straw bale was not in place azound the drop structure. The <br />operator fixed it immediately. <br />Roads <br />Most of the roads had been graded. The main paved haul road was cleaz of snow. The road up to <br />the water tank area above the portal bench had not been graded. <br />Coal Fines <br />The Division had received a telephone call from a citizen who had complained about coal fines <br />on the entrance road to the Bowie No. 1 loadout. An inspection by the Division showed that <br />there was only a small amount of coal fines along both shoulders of Highway 133, near the <br />loadout entrance. The amount of coal appeazed to be reasonable considering the amount of coal <br />being hauled to the loadout. The operator had removed any coal stockpiles that might be tracked <br />onto the highway by the trucks. Haul trucks were covered and were traveling within the speed <br />limit. A visit to the citizen's home followed. The citizen stated that pictures had been taken and <br />would be forwarded to the Division. <br />c:\wp6l\bowiel\insp0199 <br />