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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 complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DRMS.Jim Kiger represented the operator during the records check and field inspection. Roads The paved main haul road was in good condition.The road's guard rail was in place.The east entrance graveled haul road also was in good condition.The east gate was open.The light use road along the tracks was passable. Signs and Markers The mine id signs were up at the main entrance,east entrance and near the railroad tracks.The required information was on each sign. Permit boundary markers were up as well. Hydrology There was a small volume of standing water in the east side sediment pond. The primary's gated valve was closed and the emergency spillway had sufficient capacity.Pond inslopes and the embankment outslopes were stable.The west side sediment pond was dry. The pond's combination spillway had enough capacity. The culverts were clear and the ditches had enough capacity.The silt fence and straw bales at the railroad track small area exemption were in place. Facilities There was only a moderate volume of stockpiled coal on the facilities bench.No problems with fugitive dust or coal dust being tracked onto the main highway were observed.The facility's outer edge protective berm was in place.There were no leaks at the fuel facility.No problems were observed at any of the loadout's coal handling structures, substation,material storage area and office. Topsoil The east side topsoil stockpile had a moderate vegetative cover. The topsoil signs were up on the stockpile.The collection ditch was well vegetated,as was the diversion ditch.The topsoil stockpile on the west side of the permit area had a good vegetative cover.Topsoil signs were up. Records The required loadout records were found to be in compliance. Please refer to the attached records checklist. c:/word2007/terror/insp04 l 0