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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 of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the operator during the field inspection and records check.During the field inspection,many sheep were grazing on the reclaimed slopes of the mine. The general area received a fair amount of precipitation in the last few days. Roads The Hubbard Creek road was in very good condition,considering the recent precipitation. The road across Hubbard Creek to the mine site entrance was also in good condition. The light use road to pond five was a little wet from precipitation and roughened up due to the sheep. Signs and Markers The mine ID sign was up on the entrance gate, which was closed and locked. Also on the gate was the"records location"sign. Surface disturbance markers were up around the disturbed area. Hydrology Pond 4 was completely dry. The pond embankment was well vegetated and appeared to be stable. The pond 4 spillways were functional. The inlet of the road culvert leading from the reclaimed coal stockpile area to pond 4 had been recently cleaned out.The upland diversion ditch in this area was well grassed and had sufficient capacity. There was a little water in pond 5. The spillways of pond 5 were functional. The collection ditch leading into pond 5 had a good vegetative cover and had sufficient capacity as well. Hubbard Creek was running high. The creek culvert under the entrance road was clear of debris. Reclamation There was no evidence of any slumping or erosional problems with the reclaimed mine hillside. The reclaimed hillside had a good vegetative cover, although, as mentioned before,there were many grazing sheep there. Small seeps were evident on the hillside. There was a good vegetative cover at the reclaimed coal stockpile area.However,the sheep had been grazing there as well because all of the grass was uniformly short. The reclaimed haul road appeared to be stable, with no erosional or stability problems Records The records are located in the vault at the Delta County Clerk's Office in Delta.The records were in compliance, as shown on the following records checklist. c:/word/bl ueribbon/insp05O8