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.~ <br />.. <br />III. COMMENTS - COMPL <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations <br />made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken du n ng <br />the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. Rick Mills represented the operator. The weather was hot and dry. <br />The ground was dry as there had been no recent precipitation <br />ROADS <br />Upper (east access) road and lower road. Both of these roads and ad,7acent ditches were <br />~n good condition. The ditches are well-vegetated and are not gul ped. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Permanent gully PG 41-1. We walked this reconstructed drainageway and found no problems. <br />Chain-link fencing holds the boulder check dams in place in the upper part of the gully. <br />Grass ~s filling in the large boulder riprap in the }ower part of the gully. Rills have <br />formed at the inlet to stock pond 41g, but the rills will likely heal as vegetation <br />spreads. <br />Spoil monitoring well SP-2. No problems were found with this well. The well does not <br />have an identification mark. <br />Spoil spring in area 61. This unnamed spring is the easternmost spoil spring on the <br />Eckman Park m~nesite. It was discharging less than 30 gpm of clear water. Ec was 3100 <br />Nmhos at 17°C (pH meter malfunctioned). <br />Pond A discharge (NPDES 001). The flume was discharging an estimated 100 gpm of clear <br />water. The flume was in good shape. <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE <br />A badger prevented inspection of spoil spring A-2. A juvem le bald eagle was spotted at <br />pond 61b. There were numerous marmots on the minesite. <br />Grasses were just starting to brown up. Cover looks good throughout the site. No weed <br />problems were found. <br />Page 3 <br />