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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 Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS.No one represented the operator, Minrec,Inc., during the inspection. The inspection was limited in scope due to the presence of sheep and their guard dogs on site. Roads The county road up Hubbard Creek canyon was dry and in good condition. Gravel had been recently spread on the road in several locations.The light use road across Hubbard Creek that accesses the reclaimed main mine site was dry and passable,as was the light use road that leads to reclaimed pond 5. Hydrology The upper diversion ditch behind and above the reclaimed coal stockpile area was well vegetated and had sufficient capacity. Signs and Markers The mine id sign and the records location sign were attached to the main mine entrance gate. Surface disturbance markers were up around the disturbed area. Reclamation The reclaimed main mine site had a good vegetative cover, although the sheep were grazing on the slopes.There was no indication of the presence of slides or other slope stability issues with the reclaimed slopes. Also,there were no problems with erosion on the slopes. There also were no problems at the reclaimed coal stockpile area. However, several plastic 18 inch diameter culvert sections are still on site and need to be removed. The reclaimed pond 4 area is just starting to green up.The vegetation,however, is very sparse at this time. The silt fence was in place, as it also was at reclaimed pond 5.There was no evidence of erosional gullying. There were no stability problems with the reclaimed haul road. Piezometers and survey stakes are still unreclaimed. c:/word2007/blueribbon/insp0509