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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 partial inspection conducted by Joe Dudash and Marcia Talvitie of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the operator during the field inspection. Snow covered almost the entire site. Roads The road up Hubbard Creek was being improved by Bowie Resources so that vent shaft drilling equipment could be brought up to Bowie No. 2's Hubbard Creek vent shaft construction project,which is located along the Hubbard Creek road past the Blue Ribbon Mine. The mine road across Hubbard Creek was graded by Oxbow Mining since Oxbow needs access to their Hubbard Creek vent fan. The entrance gate was closed and locked. The road to pond 5 was also graded by Oxbow for access to Oxbow's gob vent borehole reclamation work. Signs and Markers The mine ID sign was on the gate at the mine entrance and the sign contained the required information. Also on the entrance gate was the"records location"sign. Hydrology Pond 4 was completely covered in snow. There were no obvious problems with the pond embankment. The reclaimed coal stockpile area which drains to pond 4 was also covered in snow,as were the upland diversion ditch and the road culvert. Pond 5 was completely covered in snow. The collection ditch that feeds into pond 5 was also covered in snow. Reclamation The reclaimed mine slopes were almost completely covered in snow.There were no obvious signs of slope instability. As mentioned previously,the reclaimed coal stockpile area was also completely covered in snow. There were no obvious problems with the reclaimed haul road. c:/word/blueribbon/insp03O8