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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br />evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DMG. No one represented the <br />operator during the inspection. Virtually all of the mine site was covered in snow. <br />Roads <br />The road up Hubbard Creek Canyon was frozen and passable. One section of road had deep ruts and <br />would be barely passable once thawed. The short mine road over Hubbazd Creek to the reclaimed mine <br />site was partially snow covered but was in very good condition. The Tight use road to Pond 5 was snow <br />covered but passable. <br />Signs and Markers <br />The mine ID sign was up on the front gate. Also on the gate was the sign that informed the public that <br />the mine records can be found at the DMG office in Denver. The front gate was locked. Surface <br />disturbance mazkers were up around the disturbed azea perimeter. <br />)~droloey <br />Pond 4 and the road culvert that brings runoff from the reclaimed coal stockpile area into Pond 4 were <br />covered in snow. There was only snow in Pond 4. There were no obvious instability problems with the <br />Pond 4 embankment. Pond 4 spillways were functional. Pond 5 was also covered in snow. The level of <br />the ice-covered water in the pond was about 1 foot below discharge. The Pond 5 gated primary was <br />closed. The embankment was covered in snow but appeared to be stable. <br />There was water that froze as it came out of the north underdrain, The other underdrains were snow <br />covered. There was no water coming out of the black plastic pipe. <br />Reclamation <br />Although the backfilled mine site was covered in snow, there were no obvious signs of slope <br />instability. <br />c:/word/blueribbon/insp0206 <br />