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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. This was an aerial inspection of the Southfield Mine. The photographs were taken by Harry Ranney of CDMG. The report was written by Jim Stark of CDMG. The mine has closed down and is almost finished with reclamation activities (structural demolition, backfilling and grading and topsoil replacement). The weather appeared to be clear and dry. The entire facilities area has been backfilled and regraded. It appears as though this area has been disked in preparation of planting a cover crop. The permitted (permanent) truck tunnel is clearly visible from above. Several structures still remain on the site including the loadout bin, the guard shack and a fuel tank. The refuse pile appears to have also been disked. The 100-year ditch appears to have been reestablished around the refuse pile. The regrading around the topsoil/subsoil piles appears to be complete. Pond 3 contains water several feet below the water line. No work has been done to backfill and regrade this pond at this time. Pond 4 was dry but appeared to be well vegetated and in good condition, Pond 5 was also dry, It, too, appeared to be well vegetated and in good condition, The vegetation at and around the mine site looks very brown due to the dry conditions. The vegetation at the loadout also looks very brown (although it looks no different from the vegetation of the surrounding areas. Both loadout ponds are dry. There are train cars parked on both sides of the loadout. From the photographs it appears as though the reclamation (backfilling and grading) operations have been successful. It appears as though the mine is in good condition.