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New Horizon Mine C-1981-008 16-Apr-2008 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 Marcia Talvitie of the Colorado DRMS. Tom Fry represented the operator, Western Fuels-Colorado (WFC) during the inspection. Signs and Markers A Mine Identification Sign was posted at the entrance to the permit area near the office and support facilities. Topsoil piles east of the active pit were marked with signs designating their sources: "B" and "Mixed". "Blasting Area" signs are posted along the county road right-of-way fence along the Benson- West parcel. Roads WFC has hired a contractor to perform grading of the 2700 Road alignment, which passes directly through the permit area from north to south, and the BB Road alignment, heading east from its intersection with 2700 Road (Figures 1 and 2). WFC plans to place aggregate base course on the two roads this year, and open them to public use. Paving with hot mix asphalt is anticipated to occur in a future year. Other roads within the permit area were dry and in good condition. Hydrologic Balance Pond 009 contained a small amount of water at the northeast corner, considerably less than what was observed during the Mar-2008 inspection. Within the active mine, water was accumulating (due to a structural change in the subsurface geology) a distance north from the southern limit of the excavation (Figure 3). Mine water continues to be pumped to Pond 007. The CC Ditch had not yet been turned on; the ditch bottom of the West Lateral was completely dry. Backfill & Grading Articulated trucks were hauling rock from the most recent blast out of the pit and dumping it into the pit from the east. Support Facilities Support facilities inspected included the warehouse, material storage building, tire storage, shop, yard area, and fuel storage facilities. The site houses a number of 55-gallon drums, many of which have secondary containment. Within the material storage building, drums are clearly labeled; several drums that appeared to be newly delivered were not placed within secondary containment (Figure 4). A number of empty steel drums have accumulated behind the material -1-