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i M. 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.Bill Bear represented the Bear Coal Company during the records check.No representative was present for the field inspection. Roads The paved haul road was passable., There was no debris on the road and the road cable guard was in place. Sites and Markers The mine id sign and its post were on the ground at the top of the hill and need to be put back up. The surface disturbance markers were up around the site. The"no trespassing"sign was on the gate but the gate was open. H. drology There was no standing water in the sediment pond. The pond's primary and secondary spillways were functional.The pond's embankment was stable.The collection ditch leading into the north side of the sediment pond and the entrance road culvert leading into the south side of the sediment pond had sufficient capacity. The riverside berm was in place. The water level in the river had gone down considerably from the last inspection. There were no problems with the two alluvial wells. Caps were on both of the well pipes. The hillside spring water treatment pond was discharging at about 10 to 15 gpm. The treatment pond discharge was the usual orange color which has been found to be in compliance with receiving stream standards. The water level in the treatment pond was about 8 inches below the horizontal pipe,as is typical for this pond. The hillside spring was contained in its'channel and was flowing into the treatment pond. Noxious Weeds There were patches of thistle on the reclaimed road leading to the reclaimed portal area. Some of the thistle appears to have been sprayed but there also appears to be new growth and it needs to be sprayed. There are scattered occurrences of thistle on the reclaimed portal area as well and these too need to be sprayed.Tamarisk continues to grow at the hillside spring area and at the hillside spring water treatment pond. Some of the tamarisk at the treatment pond had been cut down but the remaining plants need to be dealt with properly. Reclamation The west side portal area continues to show signs of slope instability.New cracks in the backfill on the ground and up against the rock cliff were evident.There was an obvious odor of smoldering coal at this location.The east side fan portal and road reclamation were stable. The vegetative cover was good on the reclaimed hillside. However,there was a lot of cheat grass on the flat facilities area. Records The required mine records were located at the Bowie No.2 Mine office,as shown on the records checklist. c:/word2007/bear3/insp0809