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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 inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This partial inspection of the Coal Gulch Mine was conducted by DRMS staff from the Durango Office, <br />701 Camino del Rio, Room 125, Durango, CO 81301, (970) 247-5469. The permit was revoked in a <br />previous decade; financial warranty was forfeited and utilized for final reclamation. Two photos <br />accompany this report. <br />No activities were observed; no individuals were contacted during the inspection. <br />As shown in the photos, equipment and debris continues to be imported and stockpiled within <br />reclaimed areas. Recently imported equipment and debris includes: 3semi-truck trailers, 1 goose- <br />neck construction trailer, 2 fuel storage tanks, several fifty-five gallon barrels, assorted pieces of <br />concrete culvert, assorted concrete forms and materials utilized in concrete construction jobs, <br />boulders and timbers, and various scrap metal, tires and debris. Fluids, presumably hydrocarbons, <br />were leaking from one of the imported tanks. <br />Vegetative cover for the northern 75% of the reclaimed area was well established and diverse. <br />However, landowner activities have disrupted the previously established vegetative cover for the <br />southern 25% of the reclaimed area, allowing weeds to increase. <br />Sediment pond was dry. Primary and secondary spillways for the pond had previously been removed <br />by landowner activities. <br />