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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. The temporary culverted crossing of the west side refuse area collection ditch (to access the cover soil pile for grading activity) needs to be pulled out to restore the full ditch cross-section. The upper diversion along the upper edge of the cover material stockpile had been properly graded and riprapped along the lower segment since the previous inspection. Seeding of the ditch will be necessary in conjunction with the cover soil stockpile seeding. TOpS011 Some whitetop weed has encroached along the west end of the topsoil stockpile catchment ditch in the waste disposal area vicinity and scattered across the north side of the same stockpile. Kill appears to have been poor in these locations and spraying will be required next spring. It is important that whitetop be eliminated from the soil stockpile area, Reveoetation Interim vegetation cover in the portal area and topsail stockpiles near the refuse area and adjacent to the lower road segment is well established and effective in most areas. Initial establishment of grasses seeded in the small repair areas of the portal backfill appears to be satisfactory. The noxious weed whitetop is present in various locations in the vicinity of the waste disposal area, along the roadsides from the waste area vicinity down to the highway, and on the lower road topsoil stockpile. Whitetop patches in these various locations were sprayed since the last inspection, with apparently mixed results. Most of these locations will need to be sprayed again next spring. Patches in various locations along the reclaimed drill pad access road will also need to be sprayed next spring. At the Loma Loadout, the western wheatgrass seeded in fall 2004 has made substantial growth this spring, and there are numerous vigorous patches of the grass scattered across most of the site. Some of the grass plants appear robust and have produced seed; other plants exhibit lower vigor. Continued dry conditions could be deleterious. The subshrub prostrate kochia is also relatively abundant across the site, and there is a scattering of greasewood, and widely scattered four-wing saltbush. Annual pioneer species are still prevalent, but significantly less abundant than last year. In general, the prospects for establishment of a satisfactory stand at the loadout look fairly promising. The small patch of Russian knapweed at the west end of the site was apparently sprayed earlier this spring, but regrowth has been initiated and follow-up spraying appears to be warranted. 5