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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE
<br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations
<br />made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during
<br />the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action.
<br />Notes:
<br />Mr. Harry Ranney, Environmental Protection Specialist (EPS) of the Division, took 10 aerial
<br />photographs of the mine site on September 26, 2002. This report is compiled by Byron G.
<br />Walker, EPS, based on an oral debriefing of, and a review of the photographs taken by, Mr.
<br />Ranney. Mr. Ranney stated that he saw no problems at the site. No items of noncompliance
<br />are apparent in the photographs. Photographs are numbered 25-02-09-26--109 (109) through
<br />25-02-09-26-1 18 (1 18). Copies of all the photographs are attached as part of this inspection
<br />report, and are on electronic file at the Division. Comments are necessarily limited to the scale
<br />and detail of the photographs. The Loadout Area was not covered by this inspection.
<br />ROADS Portions of the permanent road into the Portal 1 facilities area appear in Photographs
<br />111, 112, and 114, through 117. It appears to be in good repair. Portions of the road to the
<br />Stoney Ridge Fan Shaff appear in Photograph 110. It appears to be in good repair. Portions of
<br />reclaimed roads to the north of Pitkin County Road 1 appear in Photographs109, 110, 114, and
<br />115. This reclamation appears to be in good repair.
<br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE The waste area sediment pond appears in Photographs 113, 114, and
<br />118. It appears to be dry and in good repair. The sediment pond P-9 appears in Photographs
<br />112, 114, 116, and 117. It appears to be dry and in good repair. Ponds T-1 and T-2 appear to
<br />be full (Pictures 112, 114, 115, and 1 16, 164) as does the Long Pond (Photographsl 11, 112, 114,
<br />115, and 116). All of these impoundments appear to be in good repair, and operating
<br />properly. The permanent relief drains off the waste pile area appear in Photographs 113, 114,
<br />and 118. They appear to be in good repair. The permanent drainage across the reclaimed
<br />facilities area appears in Photographs 111, 112, 114, 115, and 116. It appears to be in good
<br />repair. The permanent ditch from Pond P-9 to the refuse area pond appears in Pictures 112,
<br />113, 114, 116, 117, and 118. It appears to be in good repair. Colorado Discharge Pollution
<br />Elimination System (CDPES) discharge points (outFall) 001 appears in Photographs 112, 113, 114,
<br />116 and 117. CDPES Outfall 005 appears in 113, 114, and 118. No adverse impact to the
<br />hydrologic balance of the site is apparent in the photographs.
<br />PROCESS WASTE The waste disposal site appears in Photographs 113, 114, and 118. It appears
<br />to be in good shape (stable and well vegetated with no erosional features).
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