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M. 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 Hamilton Mine conducted on December 12, 2007 by Mike Boulay of the DRMS. There was no representative from Honeywood Coal Company present during the inspection. Weather conditions were cold and cloudy with light snow. Ground conditions were entirely snow covered from a significant storm that passed through the area on the day prior to this inspection. There was no activity at the mine site during the inspection. Availabiliy of Records Dave Andrews, Honeywood Coal Company's contractor brought the records to the mine site from his home in Norwood, and left the records at the Broad Canyon Landfill office located near the mine for inspection. All required records were available for review, with one exception. A copy of the current Mining Permit legal document issued with the recent Permit Renewal No. 3 was not included with the records maintained by Dave Andrews. Please obtain a copy of the Mining Permit and keep this with the mine site records. Please see the attached records checklist at the end of this inspection report. Roads The county road up to the turnoff for the landfill office had been plowed and maintained. Beyond the landfill turnoff the county road was snow packed. An attempt was made to access the mine site but it was determined to be unsafe to drive very far beyond the landfill turnoff. Due to very poor road conditions the mine site was inaccessible. The road was icy and snow packed and beneath the snow cover the road was not frozen but muddy. To avoid damaging the road and possibly getting stuck the decision was made not to drive all the way into the mine area.