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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 arty enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. Notes: A reduced level of maintenance, sufficient for foot traffic, has been approved for bridges in disrepair. The plugged emergency spillway (one) from T-2 has been approved as abandoned in place. Items of interest from the previous inspections include: Signs and Markers: Thffi portion of County Raad 109 that crosses the permit area was being upgraded. The permit perimeter signs thffi were up were gone. The mast impressive item during this inspection was the damage to the site from runoff from cloudbursts an the dirfs above the site. No indicffiiorr of overland flows from preclp&ffiion on the permit area itself were seen. Runoff from the ravine at Portal 3 had flawed atxoss the reclaimed area Runoff over the County road in the vicinity of the entrance to the Portal 1 and Facilities area had flowed across the reclaimed area The Culvert under the County road from the former Sedimentation Pond 4 to the riprap dearwater relieve drain was completey plugged (buried). The riprapped relief drain appeared to have functioned well until the culvert became plugged. Runoff from ravines in the undisturbed shale nose protrusion above the Refuse Area Disposal (RDA) site had flowed across reclaimed areas. Lesser sbpes of the reclaimed areas allowed deposition and vegetated areas of the reclaimed areas filtered out significant quantities of suspended sdids in these Overflows. Signs and Markers. Work on county Road 109 that crosses the conveyor corridor ffi the loadout s nearing completion. Only landscaping work is left. Fences are back up with a gate ffi the curb cut for the dirt track across the lower field. The Permit Boundary crossing signs ffi the bailout corridor have not been replaced. Other signs were up and in good condition. Roads: The access road ffi the gffie to the Portal 1 and Facilities site has experienced some minor erosion as a result of runoff Overflows from the cliffs above. The culvert under the road that leads to the riprap relief drain had plugged, and water overflowed the County road in the vicinity of the entrance gffie, and some of these flows fdkx+ved the road, causing minor rutting. Hydrologic Balance: Overflows from the former Sedimentation Pond 4 had topped the County Road and flowed across reclaimed land just below and about the entrance gffie. Some of these flows were directed into Treatment Pond 1, and some went around Me head of this pond. Some portbn thffi by-passed the porxJ was captured by the perimeter fadlities area ddch and was directed into Sedimentation Pond P,9. Pond 9 contained some water (approximatey 6 feet below the irnert of the primary spillway). Some Overflowed the low berm and flowed over the embankment towards North Thompson Creek. Riparian vegetation and debris fiRered out suspended sdids ffi the base of the embankment. No sediment appeared to have reached North Thompson Creek The treatment system was working well. There was some minor sirtation from the overflows mentioned above ffi the head of the 1" treatment pond. The lower perimeter dRch had been plugged and Overflowed towards the Creek in two places. Again, vegetation of the redalmed areas and riparian areas appeared to have captured suspended sdids. There were some puddles of water (in hoof prints) in the RDA Sedimentation Pond. C-di-025, Paps ~ of `S Papsa, (date) ~ i tie , (initiela) ~../-