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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,Terror Creek LLC. The site had some precipitation a few days ago. Roads The paved entrance road off of old state highway 133 was in good condition. The guard rail was up. The graveled entrance road on the east side of the loadout was in good condition as well.The light use dirt road that runs adjacent to the railroad tracks was passable. Signs and Markers The mine id signs were up at the main entrance,east entrance and along the back road near the railroad tracks. The required intormation was on each sign. Permit boundary markers were up around the permit area. Facilities The operator was using a front end loader to place coal from a stockpile into the grizzly. There was a little coal dust from this operation but it was very local in nature.No fugitive dust left the immediate area. The operator was also crushing and screening the coal but there was no fugitive dust from this operation.No railcars were being loaded during the inspection,although several loaded and unloaded railcars were on site.No coal haul trucks were being unloaded during the inspection. There was no fugitive coal dust on the highway. There were no problems with any of the facilities, including the coal unloading and loading structures,the loadout office, substation,material storage area and the fuel facility. Topsoil Stockpiles The west topsoil stockpile was well vegetated. The ditch/berm around the stockpile was functional. The topsoil stockpile sign was up.The topsoil stockpile on the east side of the loadout also had a good vegetative cover.The upper diversion ditch and the collection ditch associated with the stockpile were in place.The topsoil signs were up on the stockpile. Hydrology The ditches and culverts around the loadout site were functional. The straw bales and silt fence along the railroad track small area exemption were in place. There was no water flowing in the private ditch and culvert. The dugout pond on the west side of the loadout was dry. The pond's combination spillway was clear. There was a small volume of water in the sediment pond on the east side of the loadout. The primary discharge pipe valve was closed. The emergency spillway had sufficient capacity.The pond embankment and inslopes were well vegetated and appeared to be stable. Records The loadout records were in compliance, as documented on the attached records checklist. c:/word2007/terror/insp0409