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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 site was wet and muddy due to recent precipitation event. Road The paved haul road was in good condition. A small tree had fallen across the road near the bottom of the hill. The inspector moved the tree pieces to the side of the road. The cable across the road at the top of the hill was down. The gate at the bottom of the hill was locked and the "no trespassing" sign was on the gate. Siens and Markers The mine ID sign was up at the top of the hill. Surface disturbances were up around the mine site. Hvdroloev There was standing water in the sediment pond. The water level was about one foot below the invert of the primary dischazge pipe. The gated primary was closed. The emergency spillway, including the riprap, was intact. The pond embankment and inslopes were stable. The spring water treatment pond was functioning properly. The water level was about 6 inches below the horizontal pipe. The pond was dischazging at about 20 gpm, The discharge was the usual orange color, which has been shown to be in compliance with receiving stream standards. The east side spring was flowing. Most of the water was flowing into the channel but some was trickling outside of the channel and was collecting in a small pool next to the mine office building. The spring water channel needs to be worked on again. There were no problems with the two alluvial wells, AA-1 and AA-3. The well caps were on and there was no ponding of surface water azound the wells. The protection berm between the river and the mine site was functional. c:/word/beaz3/insp 1105