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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 Janet Binns of CDRMS. Dan Kipp and Don MacDonald of Coors Energy Company accompanied the inspection. Weld County Health Department inspector was on site conducting an inspection concurrently during the State inspection. The mine no longer extracts coal,but the remaining surface pit(Pit B)is permitted to dispose of flyash. CEC caps,regrades,topsoils and seeds the pit as the ash fill progresses. The mine site was cold(32°) with several inches of windblown snow throughout. Danny reported 0.07 inches of precipitation measured since January 1, 2009. Site was dry and breezy. Roads: The haul road to the pit and return to the facilities were dry with patches of wind blown snow. Roads and side ditches are well graded. The roads were not dusty and appear to be firm and frozen. Haul road are in good condition. Status of the mine access road was discussed. The ownership of the access road has been sold to private entities. Topsoil: The topsoil stockpile located south of A-1 on the access road continues to be bare of permanent vegetation. DRMS is evaluating if additional seeding would be necessary on this pile. Hydrologic Balance: Both the dugout pond and Pond 2 were dry and windblown. A small sheet of ice was in the bottom of Pond 2,however this ice was well below the embankment and below the staff gauge. Small drifts of snow were in both ponds as well. A small pool of ice was observed at the North end of Pit B. Backfill&Regrading: CEC continues to fill Pit B with ash. The operator has approximately one more pass of ash placement on the lower bench before they will start placing ash on the second bench. Current ash being placed is denser and the pit is receiving a lower volume than in late 2008. CEC continues to keep up on grading of ash. No blowing of ash or cover material was observed during the inspection. Wildlife: Several hawks were observed soaring throughout the mine site. CEC maintains raptor protection on the power poles. Support facilities: CEC has disconnected the gas tank at the fuel tank area,and plans to remove it from the mine site. Only 2 diesel tanks remain at the fuel station area. Office/warehouse area remains orderly. No additional construction of third party gas wells or ancillary oil&gas support facilities have been initiated. No problems were observed on site. Pane I of 4 Pinac Idntal 1/q4/gnnglinitinIQI ihh --