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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 during the inspection. Facilities There was a lot of activity at the loadout during the inspection.Coal haul trucks were bringing in coal and unloading it into the grizzly.A front end loader was transferring stockpiled coal into the grizzly as well. The crusher/screener was in operation,as was the rail car loading structures.In spite of all of this activity,there were no problems with fugitive dust going offsite.There was very little stockpiled coal on site. There were no problems with the coal handling structures and at the substation,material storage area and the loadout office.There were no leaks at the fuel facility. Hydrology The sediment control system was functioning properly at the loadout.The bottom of the east side sediment pond was wet but there was no standing water.The primary and emergency spillways were in place and were functional.The primary discharge gate was in the closed position.The pond embankment and pond inslopes were well vegetated.The west side dugout pond was dry. The combination spillway was clear of debris. The straw bales and silt fence were in place at the railroad track small area exemption.The culverts and ditches at the loadout had capacity. Topsoil Stockpiles The vegetative cover on the topsoil stockpiles was good but was turning brown due to the time of the year. Topsoil signs were up on the stockpiles.The collection and diversion ditches associated with the east side topsoil stockpile were in place and had sufficient capacity.The collection/diversion berm around the west side topsoil stockpile also was in place. Roads The paved main haul road was in good condition.The guard rail was in place.The graveled east side entrance road was also in good condition. The light use road along the tracks was dry and passable.There was only a little coal dust that had been tracked onto the main road by the coal haul trucks and it was not a problem. Signs and Markers The permit boundary markers were up around the site.The mine identification signs were up at the main entrance, east entrance and alongside the back road near the railroad tracks. c:/word2007/terror/insp0809