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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE Below are comments on the inspection. "l he 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 Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS. Bill Bear represented the operator. The mine site has received a lot of rain in the last two weeks. (~droloev Because of the recent rains, Bowie has discharged from its ponds. As a result, the water levels in the ponds were very low. The water in Pond B was below the primary discharge tube level. Pond B had the float attached to the primary discharge tube. The gated valve was closed. The operator has recently placed a pipe in the Deer Trail Ditch so that any water in [hat ditch will be in the pipe and won't teak into the adjacent Fire Mountain Canal. The Pond B discharge enters this pipe as well.'fhe pipe will be extended further out. Pond C also had the primary float in place. The water level in the pond was neaz the level of the primary discharge tube. According to the operator, no flocculent was needed in the recent Yond C discharge. "There was only a little standing water in Pond D, about one foot below the primary discharge tube. The gated valve was closed. There is no float on Pond D. Pond F, at the base of gob pile no. 2, had about two feet of water in it. The float was attached to the primary and the pond discharge pump was in place. The emergency spillway over the Fire Mountain Canal was operational. At the unit train loadout, there was no water in Pond J. However, Pond K had a tittle standing water. Both pond embankments were stable and dischazge structures were functional. Gob Piles The operator has been utilizing the newly permitted borrow area between gob pile no. 1 and gob pile no. 2 to cover the first 50 foot lib of gob pile no. 2 with soil material. "Topsoil is also being applied, with seeding to follow later. Koads The main paved haul road was in very good condition. The guard rail was in place. The gob pile azea haul road was muddy but was passable. The road ditches had sufficient capacity and the outside berm was functional. Facilities There was a fairly large volume of stockpiled coal on the lower coal stockpile bench and on the D-seam portal bench. There were no indications, however, of any fugitive dust problems offsite. The operations on the D-seam ports! bench and the B-seam portal bench were order) y and clean. There were no leaks at the fuel barn. The highwalls were stable. No problems were noted at the pump house either. A loaded coal train was on site but no problems with fugitive dust were observed. The operator was filling the antifreeze tank at the loadout bin.