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COMMENTS - COMPLIANC <br />Below are comments on the mspecuon. The comments include discussion of observations made <br />during the inspection Comments also describe any enforcement acUOns taken during the inspection <br />and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action <br />This was a partial inspection conducted by Kent Gorham of the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining. and Safety (Division). This former, contour step operation is bond <br />revoked. All remaining funds from the bond revocation at this site were spent in 2004 for <br />ditch repairs. Inspection frequency is quarterly, with one complete inspection each year. <br />Ground conditions on this day were dry and the weather was cool and mild. <br />Roads <br />The road leading south into the Section 22 area was passable by vehicle but rough in places <br />due to lack of maintenance. Cross drains are head-cutting back into the roadway in some <br />places. This light-use road serves only the landowner in this area on an infrequent basis. <br />Hydrologic Balance <br />Severe erosion continues in the ditch to the north and east of the reclaimed area of pond 15- <br />P1. This ditch was most recently repaired in 2004 <br />Many of the ponds <br />at the site held <br />modest amounts of <br />water, including <br />pond 22-P5, 22-P6, <br />and the final pond <br />(un-named) at the <br />end of ditch 22-D3, <br />shown at right. <br />Pond embankments <br />appeared stable with <br />no sign of damage <br />or seeps. - ~ - - <br />_ a : <br />Reveaetatlon ~ -.- y ~!'~ o : •.r~v v :~' ~,~:,-,.~~".`-~4;y"~,'.' ?~S <br />Cool season grasses ; .~ r ~ ,T~-'~ _ -.-~ ~'°~2--_-z ~ -h: = <br />including smooth .rte -,. ~ . j- ~~~ `}~ ~' y~ ~ -''~ Y <br />brome and western ~:~Y ~,'I~~f ~.~, ^` •' "'ua.`..,,,~, ~ .mss;; <br />wheatgrass are e- '"~~--~ ~,_' - _ ' < '.: ya ~,`t ~ ~ - ~~.'a 3;.' <br />growing vigorously - ~.n <br />due to warming temperatures following good waiter nu~isture Rills and gullies seem to have <br />stabilized in most areas where vegetation is established. Cattle were not observed on the <br />reclaimed area or in the adjacent Delagua Canyon bottom. <br />The reclaimed area of pond 15-P1, shown below. is also showing new growth for the season <br />