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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.Jim Kiger represented the operator.Most of the loadout was covered in snow that was about 6 to 8 inches deep. Signs and Markers The required loadout information was on each of the three mine ID signs. The signs were located at the main entrance,east entrance and along the side road near the railroad tracks.Permit boundary markers were in place. Roads The paved haul road was in good condition and free of snow and ice.The guard rail was in place.The east side graveled road was covered in snow but was passable.The gate at the east entrance was open. The light use road along the railroad tracks was also covered in snow. Facilities The operator was repairing part of the screening structure so no processing of coal was taking place during the inspection.No railcars were being loaded and no coal haul trucks were being unloaded during the inspection. There was only a small volume of stockpiled coal on the facilities bench.There were no indications of fugitive dust going offsite or coal fines being tracked onto the highway. There were no problems at the loadout office, substation,material storage area,coal truck unloading structures, coal screening structures,railcar loading structures or the fuel facility. Hydrology The east side sediment pond was completely covered in snow.The gate on the primary discharge pipe was closed.The west side dugout sediment pond was also covered in snow.The culverts and ditches that lead to the east side sediment pond and the straw bales and silt fence along the railroad track small area exemption were covered in snow as well. Topsoil The east side topsoil stockpile and the west side topsoil stockpile were covered in snow. The stockpiles' containment and diversion ditches were also covered in snow.Topsoil signs were up on both topsoil stockpiles. Records The required records were located at the loadout office and were in compliance,as documented on the attached records checklist. c:/word/terror/insp0109