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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during <br />the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the <br />facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of DRMS. The operator was <br />represented by Henry Bazbe of Mountain Coal Company. <br />The operator's representative reported that longwall mining was active in panel 20 and development <br />mining was occurring in panels 21 and 25. <br />The ground was covered with a foot of snow which limited access and ground observations during the <br />inspection. With the operator's consent, this report was issued from the Denver office of DRMS. <br />Availability of Records <br />All required records were on file in the mine office (see attached list). <br />Siens and Markers <br />Mine i.d. signs were properly displayed at the two entrances on Highway 133 and at the corrals <br />staging/laydown azea. Topsoil markers were properly displayed on topsoil stockpiles seen during the <br />inspection. The affected area boundary was properly marked by signs around the perimeter of the <br />disturbed area in the main surface facilities azea. <br />Roads <br />Road surfaces, embankments, and road ditches and culverts were in good repair in the main surface <br />facilities area and Sylvester Gulch. <br />Hydroloeic Balance <br />The mine was not dischazging mine water from outfall 017 in Sylvester Gulch. No discharge was <br />occurring from ponds MB-2R or MB-3. Embankments and inslopes of these ponds appeared to be in <br />good condition. <br />Unlined ditches next to Sylvester Gulch Road and the concrete-lined ditches in the main surface <br />facilities azea could not be inspected due to snow cover. <br />Processin¢ Waste <br />The faces of the Refuse Pile Expansion pile and the Lower Refuse Pile showed no evidence of <br />structural instability. Survey mazkers were in place on the faces of both piles. The top of the Lower <br />Pile is being used for equipment storage, as approved. <br />3 <br />