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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 <br />enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence <br />supporting the enforcement action. <br />enteri,rg the pond and causing erosron. ,\ contour drtch rn this ure:~ „o_div~t^L Lt,is <br />Prow to the esLaulished ditch would remedy toe urobxem. <br />Backt'illing was progressing on the 7'LO pit. Two truck„ a loader, grader and .x <br />dozer were backtiJling the pit. A rough calculation showed thatl trucks with a <br />capacity oiL5 yJs" each, a Lurn around time of 5 minutes, toe pit would be frlling <br />aL a rat,: of about 600,000 yds° a yeat•. GeorSe k'attersou estimated ~uaL Lbc <br />overburden pile contained 5.7 mxllon yds. <br />file loadout was inspected during the morning of Lne pith. Bill Shu+lia was pru:,cul <br />during this inspection. The periweter of Lhe loadout was walked. Berms +,ere ,ntact <br />and working. Monitoring wells appeared cappeu gird in good condition. 1 he small <br />25' by iU' pad that e~Lends the permit area just west of the loadout structure <br />appears to have been just cleaned. 'l'ire beims u,i this pad should be u~ult uy <br />sli~hL~Lo aruve.il a,xv rwruff from leaviyg t.us disturbed_ area. <br />file loadout sediment pond appcaced Lo be working effectively anu uuverts were <br />clear, the iue. spin retention area was clean and appearetl to he well designed. <br />fhe transformers were not marked a:ith yel;ow oc aloe L'l'B strchers. C,org~• <br />Patterson said taatthe transformers pad ueen tested and were negative for PCBs. <br />Permit UefecLs <br />•1'x.'0 (Zl_y_eia~i;tiu~uefec[s wr•re• uoL:~d. 'lhr~ road_ftow tl~e CuunL~ ioad_ 11_Cu GLc <br />loauou;,. way not inc:udeu_ in the yer nlrt = u_er;, nor _ was_ Lhe mrne ac~es5 _ro_rd 1•ron: <br />~aci.son Cuunij_r~~rl_1L to th~_nunc• KaLr. The operator +,us_notilieu iu a :etlei_uf <br />s~yarat~ cover _of _th,a problem anu was Ki~en 30 da}s to suurnit a .technit~al <br />revision to pegiuit_L_iu se ureun. <br />.vw c_-sz-oil <br />Tne sedin;enL control systems 1br ponds U and N; were inspuct,:u an.1 prot~lems <br />were noted. x'roble~ns were alao puled with the access roLd drainage. i hese <br />problem:: resu,;.ed in the issuance of •,U6 C-J'L-U11. '1'ne nut:r:e of violaLiou is <br />attached to tlia resort. <br />11 . ile rc arc 2 cuh erts ru nniug under the r.ccess road Lo pupa t,. l lir <br />12 inch cul,ert was 11'• full of sedunent :.L the outlet and Lhe sG ineii <br />culvert lead about d" sediment bluchiug the outlet. "[hese cuherts ,v,•re <br />acs:gned Lo pass a iJo+v oi' 35 Cr'S. ,n tnei: present condition thaw tvuuld <br />not pass th,s f.ow. The proulem ,,ss cause by suduu,:nL settling out i,r Lhe <br />tat area bc:ow Lhe c•ulvort outlet, forming a delta and oar.king up iuLo the <br />r:uhert. This pi•ublum co,_i~d he. remeJi.:u uy resCrndiug tna_ditc,i ,i•om <br />cLl, ens to the pond to. uikc _ouL_ tiie f.l:it area ur t,1 creeLin~a dugout <br />acdnicnt Crap 3t_Ll._ c.ilycrL outlet. <br />2 <br />