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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. Jim Kiger represented the operator,Oxbow Mining LLC. The area had received a recent snowfall of several inches. Some melting was taking place. The haul road leading to the Elk Creek Mine facilities area was partially snow packed and the gravel base was in good condition.The Elk Creek Mine facilities bench was very wet from melting snow. There were no problems with any of the mine facilities structures.There were no leaks at the fuel facility. The cut and fill slopes were snow covered but appeared to be stable. The topsoil stockpile was snow covered as well. Pond D was covered in snow.The snow level in the pond was about two feet below the primary discharge level. The discharge structures were functional but there was no discharge from pond D. The pond embankment appeared to be stable.No problems were noted with the four cap and powder houses near the base of the pond D embankment. There was a large volume of coal at the coal stockpile area located below pond D.The large volume of stockpiled coal was due to a mechanical problem at the loadout.A half filled unit train was on standby until the problem could be fixed. The east yard was well organized.The area was very wet due to melting snow.The east yard pond was covered in snow.Further to the east was the Sanborn Creek fan site. The entire site, including the pond and the topsoil stockpile,was snow covered. The topsoil sign was up on the topsoil stockpile. The road leading east from the east yard to the Sanborn Creek fan site was partially snow covered and was in very good shape. The east side entrance gate was open. The mine office parking areas were very wet from snow melt.Pond B was covered in snow.The snow level in pond B was about two feet below discharge. The mine 1D sign was up at the entrance to the mine site.There were no indications of fugitive dust going offsite. c:/word2007/elkcreek/insp 1209