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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 <br />inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />SEDIMENTATION PONDS <br />The only NPDES point that had discharge was the No Name no. 5 pond. <br />The flow was about five gpm and was clear. Many of the other ponds <br />were dry or had only a little water in them. The ponds in the No <br />Name Gulch and the Johnson Gulch series, except for the Johnson <br />pond no. 10, were discharging. Pond embankments were stable and <br />spillways were functional. The construction of the two Oak ponds <br />has been completed and the certifications have been submitted to <br />the Division. The flume below the Coyote pond needs to be leveled. <br />Sediment has been cleaned out of ponds West Pyeatt no. 1, East <br />Pyeatt no. 1 and Grouse no. 1. Finally, the operator has repaired <br />the head cutting just above the Deer pond. <br />SPRINGS AND SEEPS <br />.The seep area near the outlet of the Ute pond has dried up. There <br />was a small seep near the outlet of the Elk pond. The trickle <br />percolated into the ground before it reached the spillway. Below <br />the East Pyeatt no. 3 pond, the spring was flowing at about 40 gpm <br />at the flume. There was no contributing flow from pond discharge. <br />The Johnson Gulch spoil spring was flowing around 20 gpm. <br />In the Coyote drainage system, both the Cottonwood and Wapiti spoil <br />springs were flowing less than five gpm each. The Coyote spring, <br />just below the Coyote pond, was flowing less than five gpm, <br />although the flume needs to be leveled. The West Buzzard spoil <br />spring was dry at the time of the inspection. In the slump area <br />above the Ash pit, the french drain was flowing only a trickle, <br />most of it emanating from the gravel pack around the pipe rather <br />than from out of the pipe. The seep that has developed one forth of <br />the way up the slope just to the east of the slump area was flowing <br />a trickle. <br />HYDROLOGIC MONITORING STATIONS <br />No problems were noted at any of the ground water well location. <br />The operator reported that well GD-1(2), which is being used as a <br />water intake well and as a monitoring well, had been treated with <br />3 <br />