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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 DBMS.No one represented the operator during the field inspection. The weather was cool,dry and a little windy. Roads The main paved haul road was in good condition.The guard rail was up. The east entrance graveled road was also in good condition. The dirt light use road along the railroad tracks was dry and passable. Signs and Markers Mine identification signs were up at the main entrance,east entrance and along the road next to the railroad tracks. The required information was on each sign. Topsoil The east topsoil stockpile had a good vegetative cover. The collection ditch and the diversion ditch were well vegetated and the berm between the two ditches was in place. The topsoil stockpile signs were up. The west topsoil stockpile had a good vegetative cover as well.Topsoil signs were also up on this stockpile. The diversion ditch and berm were in place. H drology The main sediment pond on the east side of the facilities bench was dry. The pond embankment and pond inslopes appeared to be stable. The gate on the primary discharge pipe was closed.The emergency spillway was well vegetated.1 fie west side dugout pond was also dry. l tie single channel spillway was tunctional. The silt fence and straw bales along the railroad track small area exemption were in place.Mine site ditches and culverts were well maintained. Facilities There were coal haul trucks unloading and rail cars being loaded during the inspection.The crushing and screening operations were also in progress.In spite of all of this activity,there were no indications of fugitive dust going offsite.There was a black discoloration on the highway at the entrance to the loadout but this did not appear to be a problem. No problems were noted at the material storage area, loadout office, substation facilities bench and railcar loading facilities. The berm was up on the outside of the facilities bench. There were no leaks at the fuel facility. c:/word/terror/insp 1008