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2 <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 complete oversight inspection. Joe Dudash conducted the complete inspection for the <br />Colorado Division of btinerals and Geology. Henry Austin represented the Office of Surface <br />Mining for the oversight. Mark Milner represented the operator. Most of the mine site was clear <br />of snow. <br />Roads <br />The paved haul road was in good condition: The light use road on the east side of the mine site <br />was also in good condition. The east gate was locked. <br />Si~~ns and Markers <br />The mine ID signs were up at the main entrance, the east entrance and two locations in the <br />southeast comer of the permit area where the permit boundary crosses the county road. The area <br />code on all of the signs needs to be changed from 303 to 970, due to a change in the area code <br />designation. <br />Permit boundary mazkers were up azound the mine site. Topsoil stockpile signs were up at both <br />stockpiles. , <br />vdrolo <br />The water level in pond 1 was 1.5 feet below the primary spillway. The gated valve was closed. <br />The embankment and pond' inslopes appeazed to be stable. There were no signs of erosional <br />gullying. The spillways were functional. The emergency spillway was well grassed. The <br />dugout pond was dry. The spillway was functional and the pond inslopes and outslopes were <br />stable. No erosional gullying was evident. <br />Culvert #] will need a little touchup at the outlet, although it was still functional. Culverts #2, 3 <br />and 4 were clear. <br />Ditch A was well vegetated and had capacity. The west portion of ditch B, west of culvert #3, <br />could use a little maintenance in the future, although it has sufficient capacity for now. No <br />problems were observed with the rest of ditch B and all of ditch C. <br />The east silt fence by the railroad tracks had been run over by a company vehicle and had been <br />