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111. 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. This was a complete inspection of the Bowie No. 2 Mine, oversighted by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining. Representing the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety was Joe Dudash. Representing the Office of Surface Mining was Henry Austin and Christine Belka. Bill Bear represented Bowie Resources LLC. The mine site was very wet due to a recent precipitation event. The ground was snow covered at the higher elevations. Longwall mining is currently taking place in the B-6 longwall panel. Main Mine The paved haul road leading to the D-seam portal bench was in good condition. The operator has finished repaving the road section directly above the B-seam portal bench. The haul road guard rail and road ditches were in place. The dirt access road leading from the D-seam portal bench up to the utility bench was in good condition as well. The road berm and ditch were in place. The small slide on the utility bench outslope appears to have stabilized and will be backfilled soon. There were no indications of seeps in the hillside above the utility bench access road. The utility bench was mostly covered in snow. The bench's outside berm was in place. The drainage ditch and culvert at the rear of the bench had sufficient capacity. The rock catchment berm above the utility bench was in place and showed no signs of instability. No erosional problems were observed with the topsoil stockpile on the west side of the utility bench. The mine equipment stored on the utility bench was well organized. Surface disturbance markers were up along the disturbed area boundary. The D-seam portal bench was fairly muddy. There was not a lot of coal stockpiled on this bench. No problems were noted with any of the facilities, including the cap and powder houses. There were no fuel leaks at the fuel barn. The material storage areas were well organized. Surface disturbance markers were up. There were no signs of instability with the portal highwall. The bench's outside edge berm was in place and culverts and ditches in the area had sufficient capacity. The B-seam portal bench also was muddy. The culverts and ditches in the area were functioning properly. The bench's cut and fill slopes were stable and the bench berm was in place. A concrete truck was pouring concrete into a vehicle for transport into the B-seam mine. No problems were noted with any of the facilities on this bench. Across the haul road, the excess material storage stockpile appeared to be stable. There was positive drainage off of the stockpile. Although the main topsoil stockpile was covered in snow, there were no indications of slope instability or erosional problems. The topsoil signs were up on the stockpile. The mine supplies that were stored at the adjacent material storage area were well organized. There was only a small volume of coal that was stockpiled on the coal stockpile bench adjacent to Old Highway 133. The bench berm was in place, as were the straw bales at the head of the down ditches. There were no indications of any fugitive coal dust going offsite or coal fines being tracked onto the main highway. The culverts and ditches near and at the mine site main entrance that direct flow into pond B had sufficient capacity. The mine ID sign was up at the mine entrance and contained the required information. Surface disturbance markers were also present around the disturbed area. 1