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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. This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash and Marcia Talvitie of the Colorado DRMS. Jim Kiger represented the Terror Creek Company. There had been a recent heavy snowfall and about half of the loadout was still covered in snow. However,the snow was melting rapidly. Roads The main paved entrance road was in good condition.The guard rail was up.The graveled east side entrance road was in good condition as well.The east side entrance gate was open. The light use road along the railroad tracks was snow covered but passable. Signs and Markers The mine ID signs contained the required information. The signs are located at the main entrance,the east side entrance and near the railroad tracks. The perimeter boundary signs were up along the permit boundary. Facilities There were no problems observed at the mine office, shop, scale,truck unloading and railcar loading structures, substation and fuel facilities. There were only a few pieces of equipment at the material storage area. There was a moderate amount of stockpiled coal on the facilities bench. With coal trucks unloading and railcars being loaded,there were no signs of fugitive dust offsite.No coal fines were on the highway at the loadout entrance. Hydrology The east side sediment pond had water to within one foot of the primary discharge tube. The gated valve on the pipe was in the closed position.The pond embankment was snow covered but appeared to be stable. The west side dugout pond was clear of snow but had no water in it. Some of the culvert inlets and outlets were covered in snow.The outlet of the culvert that lies east of the"Nale was functional but could use some cleaning soon.The collection ditches were mostly covered in snow but . \ appeared to have enough capacity. The straw bales and silt fence were in position along the railroad track small area exemption. Topsoil The east side topsoil stockpile was partially covered in snow but no rills were observed. The collection and diversion ditches were functional.The topsoil sign was up on the stockpile.The west side topsoil stockpile was clear of snow on the south facing slope. The topsoil stockpile sign was up. Records The required records were on site,as documented on the attached records checklist. c:/word/terror/insp0208