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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. On March 30th the Division conducted a complete inspection at the Bourg Strip Mine. This inspection was also an OSM oversight inspection with Gary Fritz representing the OSM. At the time of the inspection the weather was clear and warm. Spring snowmelt was in full swing. The records were checked at the Jackson County courthouse. The records were up to date with the exception of the 1993 annual reclamation and hydrologic reports. This report was sent to the Division office, was reviewed and determined to be adequate. This mine has had all ponds removed, thus does not have an NPDES outfall but at this inspection there was some question whether this mine falls under the stormwater regulations. A letter addressing this issue will be sent to the operator. The loadout was inspected at Northgate. Most of the snow has melted off. The area was weti vegetated. No concerns were noted. The mine site was inspected and the reclaim area walked. The surtace of the ground was wet and soft from snowmelt and freeze /thaw. The permanent gully was still full of snow and water was not flowing down this drainage. On the southeast portion of the permit area a water fined depression was noted with a size of 100 by 300 feet. Mature sage was noted around the this area. The depth of the water was from several inches to no more than 1 foot. A review of the maps of this undisturbed area do not show this depression; there is a Large circular basin area but no closed contours. it is possible that the depression is so shallow that it would not show with 5 foot contour intervals. The area has mature sage and this appears to be a natural depression. The frozen ground underneath is probably impermeable aiding the ponding of the water. The reclaim was walked; the eastern reclaim had better success with sage. Small repaired gullies were noted on the north east portion of the reclaim. The erosion did not appear to be active. Mann draw was wet but no flow was noted. An area of standing water was noted on the eastern central area from the recent snowmelt. The area was 50 by 150 feet and about 4 to 6 inches deep.