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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 of the Edna Mine conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology. This was also a complete oversight inspection conducted by Henry Austin ofthe Office of Surface Mining. Steve Leach of P & M Coal Company represented the operator during the field portion of the inspection. The ground was dry throughout the site. The Division recently received from P & M an application for Phases I, II, and III partial bond release for the Goat Trail road and the former conveyor corridor. A bond release inspection is tentatively scheduled for October 8, 2003 following publication of P & M's public notice. With the operator's consent, this report was issued from the Denver office. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS All required records were available at the Routt County Courthouse. The records checklist is attached. SIGNS AND MARKERS Mine i.d. signs were properly displayed at the Oak Creek and west entrances to the permit area. Permit boundary markers were in place at numerous locations inspected around the perimeter of the site. ROADS The following roads were in excellent condition: North Road, Lower Moffat Road, West Ridge Road, Skyline Drive, and access roads to Center Ridge and West Ridge ponds. The Goat Trail road was in good repair throughout its length, and was fully passable. Downdrains from the switchbacks were in good repair. The down powerline noted in past inspections has been removed from the lower part of the Goat Trail road. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE Structures -The three lower ponds in the String of Pearls contained large pools of water (recent spillway damage is described below under Slides and Damage). The uppermost ponds in the String of Pearls were dry and are largely filled with sediment, as designed. Inslopes and embankments of the following ponds were well-vegetated, were not rilled or Bullied, and appeared stable: Moffat pond, the Center Ridge pond, and the two West Ridge ponds (these ponds are approved as permanent.) Inslopes and embanlanents of the four Tipple (Oak Creek) ponds were also well-vegetated, were not rilled or Bullied, and appeared stable. (These four ponds were recently approved for removal in TR-41.) Tipple pond # 1 contained a large pool of muddy water, but did not appear to have discharged. The lower three Tipple ponds were dry. The flumes at CDPS 001 and 007 were in good repair. 3