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III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of <br />observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement <br />actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the <br />enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. Sandra White represented the operator. <br />With the operator's consent, this report was issued from the Denver office. <br />The ground was covered with more than a foot of snow, which limited <br />inspection. <br />The longwall was active in panel 14 Right. <br />Hydrologic Balance <br />The attached map shows electroconductivity values in Trout and Fish Creek <br />on the morning of the inspection. All measurements were made within a 4- <br />hour period. I made the two measurements farthest upstream on Trout <br />Creek; the operator made the other three measurements. The measurements <br />indicate the Foidel Creek Mine was not causing an exceedance of the <br />material damage suspect levels for irrigation water on Fish and Trout <br />Creeks, and the sulfate instream standard on Trout Creek. <br />The operators representative explained that within the next few weeks <br />mine water from the Fish Creek borehole will begin pumping to the 7 North <br />Escape Shaft. This provides an alternative to pumping the mine water <br />into Fish Creek, as currently done. This reconfigured mine pumping scheme <br />was approved in MR-179. Seed will be spread on the backfilled pipeline <br />corridor in the spring. <br />3 <br />