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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 coal inspection conducted by Jason Musick of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety(Division)on 20 January 2009. Graham Roberts of Trapper Mining Inc. accompanied the inspection. The weather was clear and cold and the ground was wet during the on-the-ground inspection of the site. Trapper continues to progress with mining in the F-Pit and Z-Pit. Roads All haul roads and access roads were wet and/or snow covered at the time of the inspection. All road side ditches appeared to be functioning as permitted. Adequate runoff was noted with no signs of damage or erosion noted with the exception of the following: • The west side of the middle flume pond access road and the junction where the three access roads converge was extremely rutted at the time of the inspection. This access roads will need to be graded in order to provide adequate runoff from the road. Hvdroloalc Balance Horse Gulch pond, Johnson pond and Middle Flume pond were stable with no evidence of erosion or damage. Johnson pond and Middle Flume were covered with snow and frozen at the time of the inspection. Johnson and Middle Flume were being sampled by Graham Roberts at the time of the inspection. Middle Flume -8.2 pH, 1820 conduct. 30C and Johnson — 7.8 pH, 3370, 2°C and .08 discharge .25 discharge through Baski flume Explosives One parting shot blast was conducted during the inspection of the site. Warnings were given at 10 minute, 5 minute, 3 minute and 30 second intervals before the blast with an all clear noticed given at the conclusion of the blast. No problems were noted.