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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. Records were checked before the mine site inspection. The inspection at the mine started at 12:45 PM. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS Records were checked at the Routt County Court House. See the DMG Availability of Records checklist attached (see Rule 5.02.4). All documents were found. SIGNS AND MARKERS Signs and markers were in place and, with the exception of the identification sign at the south entrance, in good repair. The south entrance sign is legible. ROADS Some roadside ditches have down cut below design depths (see the inspection report of June 6, 2006). No remedial work has been accomplished. HYDROLOGIC BALANCE Checkdams 6, 8 and higher numbers of the Chain of Pearls drainage way contained water. There was discharge [estimate of 6 gallons per minute = 0.01 cubic feet per second (cfs)] from the West Ridge Pond. The embankment to the east was wet from seeps above. There was an estimated 0.04 cfs discharge from the Center Ridge Pond. There was a flow of 0.2 cfs in the flume at the Colorado Discharge Permit System Point 7. There was a discharge from the Moffat Area Pond. Stream water quality measurements above and below the site were taken on October 19, 2006. See the map at the end of this inspection report. BACKFILL AND GRADING With the approval of the retention of the remaining facilities area adjacent to Oak Creek under Technical Revision 45, all backfill and grading at the facilities site is complete. There is a requirement to regrade (re-shape) the south embankment (incised) of the West Ridge Pond. C-1980-001 CC Inspection 18 October 2006, page 3 of 7 pages