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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. There was only a little water in pond F.The pond had been cleaned out earlier in the year. The pump,discharge hose and float that serve as the primary discharge structure was in place,as was the pond's emergency spillway. The collection ditches leading into pond F had sufficient capacity.The topsoil stockpiles below the gob pile area were well vegetated. Topsoil stockpile signs were up. The coverfill stockpile on the extreme east end of the gob pile area had moderate vegetative growth. Surface disturbance markers were up around the mine site. The operator has started the earthwork construction associated with gob pile no. 3,which is located in a field west of the unit train loadout topsoil stockpile.The collection ditch at the base of the construction site that leads to pond J was in place,as were the silt fence and surface disturbance markers.The operator has removed topsoil from the entire gob pile no.3 site and has stockpiled it at the unit train loadout topsoil stockpile. The operator was removing subsoil in order to establish a level base on the west end of the gob pile site. The operator plans to develop gob pile no. 3 in three stages,with the western third of the site developed first,then proceeding to the east with the middle third and, finally,finishing up with the eastern third of the site. Unit Train Loadout A fully loaded unit train was at the loadout and pulled out during the inspection. There were no indications of offsite fugitive dust problems. The sediment control system was in place at the loadout.Culverts and ditches were functional. There was no water in either pond J or pond K.Pond spillways were functioning properly. Pond embankments were stable.Ditches leading into the two ponds had sufficient capacity. The train spur bench outslope was well vegetated and showed no signs of slope instability. At the western end of the spur bench,a trickle of water was flowing from one of the underdrains and a similar flow through one of the railroad culverts. The mine ID sign was up at the entrance and surface disturbance markers were up around the site. Hubbard Creek Area The operator is constructing roads and pads for thirteen gob vent boreholes.At the head of Dove Gulch,the light use road was being constructed on a steep hillside.At the bottom of Dove Gulch,a road had already been constructed and the drill pad was in the process of being constructed. The mud pit had already been dug and a fence had been put around it. Topsoil was salvaged and marked appropriately. The Bruce Park Dam and Terror Creek Reservoir Since this dam and reservoir are the subject of Permit Revision Nos. 10 and 11, a site visit was made.There was only a small volume of water left in the reservoir since it is nearing the end of irrigation season. Piezometers are located on the earthen dam and are monitored.On the north side of the reservoir is a landslide area.Piezometers are also in position on the landslide mass. The saddle dam on the other side of the reservoir was also visited. Records The mine records were at the mine office and were in compliance.Please refer to the attached records checklist. c:/word/bowie2/insp0908 2