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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 was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the operator during the field inspection. The mine locations at the higher elevations were covered in snow. There was no activity at any of the mine locations. East Mine The gate at the East Mine entrance was closed and locked. The mine [D sign was up at the entrance. The paved haul road leading up to the crusher/screener bench was snow-covered in sections but was passable. The access road and Tight use road leading to the higher benches were covered in snow but were passable as well. The highwall at the portal bench appeared to be stable. The portal bench was covered in snow. The other benches were also covered in snow. The straw bales were around the drop inlet and in the back ditch on the crusher/screener bench. There were no signs of slope instability with any of the various bench cut and fill slopes. There have not been any recent additions to the West Ridge waste pile. The West Ridge waste pile and the oid waste pile were covered in snow but did not show any obvious signs of slope or erosional instability. Surface disturbance markers were up around the site. There was only a little snow in each of the four bin wall sediment ponds. The bin walls were stable and discharge structures were operational. The lowest bin wall pond primary discharge pipe valve was closed and the other three bin wall pond valves were open, as designed. Run-of--Mine (ROM) Stockpile This entire site was covered in about 6 to 8 inches of snow. The haul road was not graded but was passable. The mine ID sign and surface disturbance markers were present. The sediment pond only had snow in it. The pond embankment appeared to be stable and spillways were operational. Unit Train Loadout There was only a little snow at the train loadout. The west end collection ditch and drop half-culvert had sufficient capacity. The ditches, culverts, berms and straw bales associated with the central upgradient clean water diversion were all in place and were functional. There was no standing water in the loadout sediment pond. The bin wall was stable and spillways were operational. The upland diversion ditches and culverts associated with the sediment pond were functional. There were no problems with any of the loading facilities. West Mine The entire West Mine reclaimed site was snow covered. There were no obvious signs of slope instability or erosional gullying. The two sediment ponds were snow covered as well. Well Field The entire site was covered in about one foot of snow. The light use road was snow covered and not graded, but it was passable. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance. There were no problems with the pump house. c: /word bow ie 1 /insp0206