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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. This was a partial inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Division Minerals and Geology. The Division is reviewing Phase III (Final) bond release application SI,-5 for the site. A bond release inspection was conducted in September 2004. Much of the site was covered by a few inches of snow. Jerry Koblitz of Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc. represented the operator during the inspection. At the end of the inspection I briefly discussed the bond release process with Jerry and Mel Martinez (the landowner). The three attached photographs were taken during the inspection. With the operator's consent, this report was issued from the Denver office. Slides and Damage The operator had afour-man crew on the site that was completing shaping of head-cut areas of gully channels, as recently approved in Technical Revision TR-34. The work was being done with hand- tools. The crew had completed restoration of other permanent structures (the inlet of culvert C-5 in the Revision 1 area and the slope around the outlet of the double-culvert underneath the road on the west side of East Pit). The shaping of head-cut aeeas completed the work approved in TR-34. The restoration work satisfied the requirements of 4.05.17. Reclamation Success The locations of the following monitoring wells were checked for completion of reclamation: W-6, W-9, W-10, W-16, W-17, and W-18. No evidence of the wells was found at any of the locations. All sites were well-vegetated. The operator has recently submitted well abandonment reports to the Division indicating all required reclamation was completed on monitoring wells several years ago. Based on the observations made during this inspection, the monitoring wells have been successfully reclaimed. The locations of the four former ponds were also checked for reclamation success. The ponds were reclaimed several years ago. All four locations were well-vegetated, have no erosion problems, and blend into the surrounding landscape.