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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 complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. The operator was represented by Mike Kelly. Snow covered the higher elevations of the mine site. Facilities The downhill conveyor and coal stockpile are operational. The haul trucks are filled by front end loaders and, then, driven to the Bowie No. 1 train loadout. Because the loading operations are being performed near old Highway 133, the coal dust is 5nding its way to the highway. Unfortunately, the coal stockpile is situated right next to the edge of the coal stockpile bench. It would be better if coal was not piled so close to the bench edge. The operator has put up a wind fence on the coal stockpile bench, between the coal stockpile and the highway. However, the wind fence can only do so much. The haul trucks are tracking coal dust onto the highway as well. The operator had tried to use a street sweeper but the vacuum, apparently, was not working. The operator needs to clean up the coal fines along the highway and highway shoulder, one way or another, and do a betterjob of controlling the fugitive dust in the first place. Some time this week, the operator will bring a loading conveyor and loading bin on line. The loading system is located to the back of the coal stockpile bench. The operator plans to gravel the truck loop on the coal stockpile bench. Both the method of loading coal and the location of the loading operation should decrease the fugitive dust on the highway. According to the operator, there has been some difficulty getting trains lately for coal shipments. As a consequence, the coal stockpiles at the bottom of the hill and on the portal bench are fairly large in site. There was one small breech in the edge berm of the lower coal stockpile bench, due to a construction project at the coal stockpile exhaust fan. The breech will be filled in once the project is finished. There were no problems with any of the facilities. A new storage structure is being constructed at the material storage area north and adjacent to the main topsoil stockpile. The downhill conveyor runs fairly quietly. There were no leaks at the fuel bam. Containment berms were functional.