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M. 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 DBMS.Jim Kiger represented the operator during the inspection and records check. The weather was warm and no snow was in the general area. Roads The paved main entrance haul road was in good condition.The guard rail was in place.No coal fines were on the road or on the main highway at the entrance.The east side graveled road was also in good condition.The east gate was open.The light use road along the railroad tracks was dry and passable. Sims and Markers The mine id signs contained the required information.The signs were located at the main entrance,the east entrance and along the road near the railroad tracks. Permit boundary markers were also up. Facilities There were no issues with the coal haul truck unloading facilities,the crusher/screener facilities and the coal train loading facilities.Trucks were unloading coal but no coal rail cars were being loaded during the inspection, although several filled rail cars were on site.No fugitive dust was observed going offsite. There were no leaks at the fuel facility.No problems were observed at the loadout office,material storage area and the substation.There was only a small volume of coal stockpiled on the facilities bench. Hvdrolou There was only a very small pool of water in the east side sediment pond.The pond's spillways were functional. The gated valve on the east side pond was closed.The embankment was well vegetated and the emergency spillway was clear of debris. The west side sediment pond was dry.The open channel spillway was functional. The straw bales and silt fence were in position along the railroad track small area exemption.The culverts at the loadout were clear and the ditches had sufficient capacity. Topsoil The west side topsoil stockpile had a good vegetative cover.There were no signs of erosional problems.The berm and ditch were in place to protect the stockpile.The topsoil sign was up.The vegetative cover on the east topsoil stockpile was moderate.The collection and diversion ditches were in place and the topsoil sign was up. Records The required records were located in the loadout office,as documented on the attached records checklist. c:/word/terror/insp 1108