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III. Comments -Compliance Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the inspection. Convents also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or evidence supporting the enforcement action. entering the pond and causing erosion. A contour ditch rn this area ~o drvurL thrs flow to the established ditch would remedy the uroblem. Backfilling was progressing on the 720 pit. Two trucks, a loader, grader and a dozer were backfilling the prt. A rough calculation shuwed that 'L trucks with a capacity of 25 yds` each, a turn around time of 5 minutes, the pit would be frlling at a rate of about 600,000 yds' a yeat•. t,eorge Patterson estrmated that the overburden pile contained 5.7 millon yds. fhe loadout was inspected during the morning of the 18th. Bill Skialia a~as preacnt during this inspection. The perimeter of the loadout was walked. Berms were intact and working. Monitoring wells appeared capped and in good condition. The small 25' by 10' pad that extends the permit area just west of the loadout structure appears to have been just cleaned. The berms on this odd should be built uu sli>;htly to areveut any runoff from leavin>; this disturbed area. 'fhe loadout sediment pond appeared to be working efi'ectively anu cuu~erts were clear. 1'he fuel spill retention area was clean and appeared to be well designed. 'Che transformers were not marked with yellow or blue PCB stickurs. c;eorgu Patterson said that the transformers had been tested and were negative for PCBs. Ye_rmit Defects Two 121 nermittin~ defects were noted. The rosd from the County road 1-1 to the loadout was not included in the~et_mit areas nor was_the mine access road from Jaclaon_ County road 12 to the mine gate. The.ope ratur !n~as _notified irl_a letterpi' s~arate cover of this problem and wr~s given 30 des to_submit_a. technical revision to permit these areas. N_UV C-92-0.11 The sediment control systems for ponds U and B were inspected and p,•obletns were noted. Problems were also noted with the access road drarnsge. These problems resulted in the issuance of \UV C-52-U11. Tite notice of violation is attached to this report. 1) 'ihere are 2 culverts running under the access road Lo pund U. the 12 inch cuh~ert was 11" full of sedrment at the outlet and the 36 tech culvert had about 8" sediment blocking the outlet. '[here cu lverts were designed to pass a flow of 35 CH'S. In the ir present condition they would not pass this flow. The proolem t,as cause by sediment settling out in Che ilat area below the culvert outlet, forming a delta and backing up into the cuhert. This nroblem could be remedied by re~radin~ the ditch from culverts to the pond to take out the flat area or by creating a dugout sediment trap at the culvert outlet. 2