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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 of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the operator during the field inspection.The weather was very overcast and cold with a slight sprinkle.The entire site was wet. The North Fork of the Gunnison River was flowing very high. Facilities The front gate was open.The demolished mine office debris has not been dealt with yet.There is some new debris next to the demolished mine office.The new debris consisted of old tires and steel beams, some with ends encased in concrete.Also,the electric company has run an electrical cable from a power line at the top of the hill,down the entrance road and across the facilities area to the power pole near the demolished mine office. Apparently,this to bypass some electrical facility for repairs not related to the mine. Roads The paved haul road was in good condition and was free of debris.The protection cable along the road was in place. However,there is a hole in the road where the road meets the west side of the bridge. Some of the hole has been filled in by the operator but more needs to be done. Hydrology Probably because the river is running so high,there was considerable water in the sediment pond and some water in the collection ditch along the river side of the site.The water level in the sediment pond was right up to the primary discharge pipe invert.The gated valve on the pipe was closed so there was no pond discharge. The water level in the hillside spring water treatment pond was about six inches below the horizontal pipe.The treatment pond was discharging its usual orange colored water at about 10 to 15 gpm. The orange colored water has been shown to be in compliance.The hillside spring that feeds into the treatment pond was contained in its channel as it flowed off of the hill.Tamarisk was found at the hillside spring area,along the water's edge in the hillside spring water treatment pond and next to the entrance gate. Both of the well caps were on alluvial wells AA-1 and AA-3. The up gradient alluvial well is along the river and the collection ditch next to it had standing water in it. There was no standing water around the down gradient alluvial well. Sims and Markers The mine ID sign at the top of the hill was on the ground and needs to be put back up.The"no trespassing" sign was up on the entrance gate. c:/word/bear3/insp0508