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III. COMMENTS - COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of <br />observations made during the inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement <br />actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the <br />enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Tom Kaldenbach of the Colorado Division <br />of Minerals and Geology. No one else was present during the field portion of the <br />inspection. John Weinman of Montgomery Watson represented the operator during the <br />records check. <br />The ground was dry and the weather was warm. The entrance gates to the loadout <br />were locked. The loadout currently is being minimally used for parking and <br />refueling a haul truck. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS <br />All required records were available at the Montgomery Watson office in Steamboat <br />Springs. The records checklist is attached. <br />SIGNS AND MARKERS <br />Mine entrance signs, permimeter boundary markers, stream buffer signs, and topsoil <br />markers were properly displayed. <br />ROADS <br />The Tie-across Haul Road was in good shape. The access road in the office area and <br />Haul Roads 1 and 2 were in good condition. <br />A skid-mounted diesel fuel tank has been placed in the parking area east of the <br />office. It is an estimated 10,000 gallon tank that has a hose and nozzle on one <br />end. Small spots of diesel fuel have dripped onto the gravel around the bottom <br />edge of the tank, mainly below the nozzle. The contaminated area on the ground <br />currently is not large enough to be of concern, but additional dripping could <br />possibly result in surface water runoff carrying diesel fuel into the truck. loop <br />pond. The situation was discussed with the operator's representative who explained <br />the tank will not be used at this location for much longer and the need to control <br />the contamination is understood. <br />HYDROLOGIC nsnaisCE <br />Ditches - The following ditches appeared to have design capacity: the perimeter <br />ditch and collection ditches in the truck loop area, ditch 7, and ditch 9. <br />Culverts - Culverts beneath the conveyor (LFC-3, 4, and 5) were in good repair at <br />their inlet and outlet ends and were clear. Culverts LFC-1 and LFC-9 are clear and <br />display no scouring at either end. <br />Sediment Control Ponder - The water level in the truck loop pond (Pond 1) was <br />approximately two feet below the top of the drop inlet. Inslopes, outslopes, and <br />embankments appeared stable, and were not Bullied, and a sediment marker was in <br />place. <br />SAES <br />The office/parking lot/leach field SAE is in good shape. The substation SAE needs <br />vegetation growing to stop gullying that is starting immediately up and downstream <br />from the silt fence. Past seeding efforts have been unsuccessful. <br />