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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 field portion of the Phase 1 bond release inspection evaluated the overall compliance with the approved backfillinq and grading plan, including cross-section and profile gradients, the success of the reconstructed landscape in achieving slope stability and covering all highwalls, the effectiveness of the regraded topography in controlling erosion on the regraded slopes and in the rebuilt drainages, the blending of the regraded landscape with the surrounding countryside, and the proper functioning of the drainage and sedimentation control system. The inspection began at the mine site office with a review of the as-built topography maps, the approved post-mining topography maps, and the pre-mining topography maps. The cross-section and profile maps, constructed from the approved post-mining topography and the as-built topography, were also reviewed. Although these maps will be reviewed further in the Division's office, as far as the map inspection in the field was concerned, the approved post-mining topography appeared to approximate the pre-mining topography, and the as-built post-mining topography appeared to approximate the approved post mining topography. Examination of the cross-section and profile maps showed that the as-built and approved gradients generally matched. However, several locations on the cross-sections and one location on the East Pyeatt longitudinal profile showed a difference in the local gradients for the approved post-mining and the as-built data, and a difference of about 50 feet between the approved and the as-built elevations. Trapper personnel commented that there can be an apparent difference in elevations due to the mapping methodology. This will need further investigation. The drainages which contain the Phase 1 and Phase 2 bond release acreages are West Buzzard, East Buzzard, Far East Buzzard, Coyote:, No Name, Johnson, West Pyeatt, Middle Pyeatt, and East Pyeatt. All of these drainages were walked, with emphasis placed on the lands submitted for Phase 1 and Phase 2 release. None of the inspected lands showed any signs of structural instability, including the former slump area above the ash pit. Trapper submitted a report that detailed the results of the visual and hydrologic monitoring that has been performed at the slump area since monitoring began in October 1995. The Division has agreed 2