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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 was an aerial inspection of the Yoast Mine conducted by Harry Ranney of the DRMS. <br />Aerial photographs were taken on February 22, 2007 at approximately 10:30 a.m. Mike Boulay <br />of the DRMS reviewed the aerial photos. Weather conditions were cleaz at the time of the flight. <br />The majority of the mine site is snow covered. The reclaimed North Pit and most of the Yoast <br />___ South azea were. visible in the photographs. The North Pit was heavily snow covered but <br />appeazed stable with no signs of erosion or other damage. The dtagline is visible at the dragline <br />teazdown azea west of the North Pit. Ten photographs were taken during the flyover. From the <br />photographs, the site appears generally well maintained and no problems were noted with this <br />aerial inspection. <br />Haul Roads <br />Haul Road A and the remaining portion of Haul Road B are mostly snow covered. These roads <br />do not appeaz to have been recently bladed. The explosives storage azea located along Haul Road <br />B is visible in the photographs and appears well maintained. There was no activity at the mine <br />site during the flyover. <br />Hvdroloeic Balance <br />Sedimentation Ponds O11A, 012, 013, and 014 aze visible in the photographs. All of these <br />sedimentation ponds aze retaining water and the pond surfaces are all snow covered and appeaz to <br />be frozen. Sedimentation pond inlets and embankments appeaz stable and no azeas of concern <br />were noted at any of the pond locations. <br />