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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. Unit Train Loadout A string of empty rail cars was at the unit train loadout but no loading operations were in progress. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance and surface disturbance markers were up around the site. The sediment control system was functional. Culverts and ditches had sufficient capacity. The train loadout bench outslope was well vegetated. There was only snow in Pond J. The pond embankment was stable and the primary and emergency discharge structures were in place. Pond K had a little wash down water in it. The pond K embankment was stable and discharge structures were in place. Just north of pond J, a small pile of coal was laying over the railroad tracks. The operator explained that one of the coal railcars had spilled part of its load and that the coal was going to be cleaned up. The area is within the pond J drainage. The operator had recently added topsoil to the train loadout topsoil stockpile. Some of the topsoil addition came directly from the Hubbard Creek vent shaft pad construction. The rest of the topsoil addition came from the Hubbard Creek vent shaft pad construction by way of the Paonia Water Pollution Control Facility. The topsoil had been transported to the Paonia site and became one of the subjects of Notice of Violation CV-2007-006. Partial abatement of the NOV was to transport the topsoil at the Paonia site back to within the Bowie No. 2 permit area. Workers were on site to begin seeding and applying erosion control matting to the new topsoil stockpile addition. The topsoil stockpile signs were up on the stockpile. Records The records were in compliance, as documented on the following records checklist. 3