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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 and a partial Phase I bond release of the Munger Canyon Mine and Loma Loadout conducted on December 3, 2008 by Mike Boulay and Sandra Brown of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety(DRMS). Mr. Corey Heaps of Rhino Energy LLC, Mr. Henry Austin of OSMRE-DFD, and Mr. Scott Gerwe and Ms. Janny Choy of the BLM accompanied the DRMS during the majority of the inspection, excluding the Loma Loadout site. Mr. Jim Stover of J.E. Stover &Associates, Inc. was present for the entire inspection. Weather conditions were clear and cold and ground conditions were dry. The entire area requested for Phase I bond release was accessible. Cattle were grazing within the Munger Canyon Mine permit boundary at the time of inspection. The total permit area at the Munger Mine encompasses 1,028 acres, of which 20.8 acres were disturbed. The primary focus of this inspection was a Phase I bond release request of 18.5 acres. The areas for which Phase I bond release are being requested are at the Loma Loadout and Munger Canyon Mine site. At Munger Canyon the specific areas requested for bond release include the portal site,haul road, portal access road, coal mine waste disposal area, reclaimed topsoil pile, and the drill rig access road(Light Use Road). All of these features are shown on the exhibit titled "Munger Canyon Mine Phase I Bond Release" submitted with the bond release application. The Loma Loadout site consists of 2.9 acres being requested for Phase I release. The Loma Loadout is discussed separately at the end of this inspection report. This Phase I bond release inspection was conducted pursuant to CAM Mining LLC's Phase I Bond Release Application(SL-01) submitted September 16, 2008. During the inspection,participants walked through the majority of the Munger Canyon Mine site locations described above, to allow for visual assessment of compliance with pertinent requirements, including backfilling and grading, site stability,blending of regraded land to undisturbed areas, and drainage control. The inspection began at the lower end of the portal access road and proceeded up to the portal site, then continued to the drill rig access road and finally to the haul road where the coal mine waste disposal area and reclaimed topsoil pile are located adjacent to the road. Several constructed drainage channels located along the portal access have been approved as permanent post-mine features and are described below. Roads Access to Munger Canyon is from Colorado State Highway 139. The waste disposal haul road began at SH139 and ended east of the waste disposal area. The lower section of this road from SH139 crosses private land. This portion of the road from SH-139 to the BLM boundary was not reduced in width and was not included in this Phase I bond release application. Stipulation No. 32 (which has not been complied with)requires the operator to submit a written request from the landowner for retention of the privately owned segment of haul road (between the BLM boundary and SH139) for the postmining land use. The width of the haul road located on BLM land was reduced to about eight feet and left in place to provide access for the BLM grazing leaseholder and for the Operator to monitor and maintain the reclaimed areas. The road profile for this section of haul road was left in place and one or both sides of the road were chisel plowed and revegetated. The upper portal bench road was completely reclaimed in 2007. This required significant effort and is described below in this report under backfill and grading. Descriptions of the haul road and portal access road are provided at