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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 the 19th of July, 1997, William J. Carter from the Division of Minerals and Geology, accompanied by Tom Anderson and Mark Milner, representing Oxbow Carbon and Minerals, performed a complete inspection at the Sanborn Creek Mine. The day of the inspection was clear and warm, but during the night before there had been a significant rain. Due to the rain the night before, Elk Creek was running muddy due to natural erosion above the mine site. Availability of Records: • An updated insurance form is in the records, however, it is in the process of being corrected to comply with the regulations. • Records are available in the mine office, and were found to be up-to-date, except for the item noted above. Roads: • The Delta County road up Hubbard Creek shows additional indications of moving. This is likely to cause slides that will make the road impassable during the winter months. • The remainder of the roads at this mine were found to be stable and in good condition. Hydrologic Balance: • Due to the rainfall the night before this inspection, one of the silt fences along the road up Elk Creek was found to be filled with sediment. It does not appear to have allowed any significant sediment to move beyond this point. Efforts were underway during this inspection to clean and return this silt fence to full function. • Several of the ditches show some impairment to flow due to the sediment and rock fall from the above mentioned rain. All of these ditches were still totally functional during the inspection, and were scheduled to be cleaned to guarantee that should another such event occur they could continue to handle the runoff. • Pond A contained some water but was well below the primary discharge point. • Pond B contained water just at the primary discharge point but was not dischazging. • The east yard pond did not contain any free water. • The mine pond continues to dischazge cleaz water. • The sediment pond at substation number three was dry at the time of this inspection. Revegetation: Revegetation at both the Lower Hubbard Creek and Bear Creek sites appear to be progressing as expected. Slides and Damaee: Both the Lower Hubbard Creek and Bear Creek sites appear to be stable and do not show any significant erosion at [his time. Others: Weed control at all the mine sites are effective at this time, although County roads passing through some of the mine sites, such as the one going up Hubbard Creek are heavenly infested with noxious