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M. COMMENTS-COMPLIANCE <br /> Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br /> inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br /> evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br /> This was a partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the <br /> operator,Bowie Resources LLC, during the field inspection.Deep snow,one to two feet deep, covered all of the <br /> mine sites except where roads had been graded. <br /> Unit train loadout <br /> The three gates to the loadout were open. Mine ID signs were up at each entrance.The entrance roads had been <br /> graded clear of snow,as had been the former coal truck loop and the road to the shop area.The road to the east <br /> side of the mine had not been graded. <br /> There was a long string of empty coal cars on the spur line at the loadout. There was no activity on site. The <br /> operator had filled in the hole next to the former silo area.All of the ditches and culverts, as well as the <br /> sediment pond,were covered in snow. Mine and drilling equipment was still being stored on the facilities <br /> bench. The stockpile of gravel sized concrete from the demolished silos was small in volume and will soon be <br /> depleted as it is used elsewhere. <br /> Well Field <br /> The road up Steven's Gulch and the road to the well field were graded of snow.The entire site was covered in <br /> deep snow except for a graded portion of the parking lot.The mine ID sign was up at the entrance and the <br /> topsoil sign was up on its post on the topsoil stockpile.There were no problems noted with the pump house. <br /> Highway Coal Stockpile <br /> This area was completely covered in snow.The mine ID sign was up at the entrance. Emptv railcars were on the <br /> spur line at this site. The snow covered cut slopes appeared to be stable. The entrance road had not been graded <br /> clear of snow. <br /> Run-of-Mine Coal Stockpile Area <br /> This area was completely covered in snow that was at least one foot deep. The entrance haul road had not been <br /> cleared of snow. <br /> c:/word/bowie I/insp0108 <br />