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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 DBMS.Bill Bear represented the operator during the inspection. The weather was cool and very overcast but there was no precipitation.The operator is continuing to mine in the B-8 panel at a reduced rate of about 200,000 tons per month. Main Mine The paved main haul road was in good condition. The dirt access road up to the utility bench was passable. There was only a small stockpile of coal on the main coal stockpile area and at the D-seam portal bench coal stockpile area.There was no problem with fugitive coal dust going offsite nor with coal dust being tracked onto the main highway. The mine ID sign was up at the mine site entrance and surface disturbance markers were up around the disturbed area. The cut and fill slopes of the various benches were stable.The rock catchment berm above the utility bench was functional.No large rocks were seen behind the rock catchment berm. There were no problems with any of the mine facilities on the D-seam portal bench and on the B-seam portal bench.There were no leaks at the fuel facility and the locks were on the cap and powder houses.The culverts were clear and the ditches had sufficient capacity. The main topsoil stockpile was well vegetated and the topsoil signs were up.The same was true for the topsoil stockpile on the utility bench.There was only a little standing water in pond B. The float was on the primary discharge hose. Coal Waste(Gob) Stockpiles The road to the coal waste stockpile area was dry and in good condition,with the outside edge berm and the road ditch in place.The operator was cleaning out pond C. The float was on the primary discharge pipe.There was only a little standing water in that pond. There was a moderate volume of water in pond D but there was no discharge. The topsoil stockpile in front of gob pile no. 1 was well vegetated. The operator recently had demonstrated that the outslopes of the second and higher lifts of the coal waste pile could be steepened. So topsoil and subsoil had been removed from an existing outslope and temporarily stored in piles so that the coal waste could be reworked on the outslopes. Also,uncompacted coal waste from the east side of the area was being placed onto the second lift. Hubbard Creek Vent Shaft Site The contractor was constructing the fan and deflector at the site.The mine id sign was up at the entrance and surface disturbance markers defined the disturbed area. The upland diversion ditch was in place and the riprapped section of the ditch was intact. The road section that had been reconstructed by the operator was in good condition. Straw bales were in place in the collection ditch. c:/word2007/bowie2/insp 1009