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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 a complete inspection conducted by Kent Gorham of the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (Division) This processing and loadout site has been inactive since <br />June 2001 after the closure of the Lorencito Mine (#C-96-084) It remains generally inactive <br />at this time with the exception of maintenance activities. The weather was hot and dry. <br />Ground conditions on this day were very dry. Wayne Coverdale, principal of New Elk Coal <br />Company, provided the inspector with Letter of Credit # 291, issued by First National Bank, <br />which was hand carved to the DMG offices <br />Avadabdity of Records <br />The public copy of the mine records is kept at the office of Peak Project Management (PPM) <br />The contact, address, and phone number for PPM is Ron Thompson, Peak Project <br />Management, 34115 County Road 20.8, Trinidad, CO 81082, 719-846-4975. All other <br />records were found in compliance as detailed on page 2a of this report. New Elk Coal <br />Company, the pending future permittee (SO-03j, has acquired office space on Mam Street in <br />downtown Trinidad. Until stall is settled m this new office, correspondence will continue to <br />be sent to Ron Thompson <br />Hvdrolog~c Balance <br />Ditch repair work at <br />the inlet to the culvert <br />crossing the <br />Purgatoire River was <br />found complete- All <br />sediment ponds and <br />containments at the <br />site were found dry, <br />with the exception of <br />Pond 7. shown at <br />right. which held a <br />very small amount of <br />water. Even with some <br />rain the previous <br />evening, the site <br />appeared very dry with <br />no evidence of any <br />runoff from the <br />precipitation that did <br />fall. <br />Processing Waste <br /> <br />The 100-year ditch was traversed around the refuse disposal area and found in good <br />