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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 of the Roadside Portals Mine conducted on May 17, 2010 by Mike Boulay of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) Grand Junction Field Office. Tonya Hammond of Snowcap Coal Company(SCC)was present during the entire inspection. Weather conditions were sunny and warm. Ground conditions were dry. The primary focus of this inspection was to look at the recently completed reclamation of the Unit Train Loadout(UTL) Ponds No. 1 and No. 2. Ms. Hammond contacted me on May 14tn and we scheduled an inspection for the following Monday on May 171h. Wayne Brookshire of Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. and John Chutka of Skyline Contracting, Inc also attended the inspection. We all met at the UTL Pond No. 1 and began the inspection on the morning of May 17t Halliburton has purchased the UTL loop area from Snowcap Coal Company and has approval for a Conditional Use Permit from Mesa County to operate a sand storage facility at the UTL. As part of their purchase agreement with SCC, Halliburton is completing the final reclamation activities at the UTL loop area. Technical Revision No. 59 (TR-59)was approved in August 2009 and amended the reclamation plan for the two sediment ponds at the UTL in order to avoid recently identified jurisdictional wetlands. The proposed modifications to the reclamation plan eliminate any fill being placed in the wetland areas. A lesser amount of fill, nearly level with light use road number 4, will be placed at both ponds #1 and#2 and the fill will be sloped at a low grade away from the embankments to a drainage swale. SCC has been approved to leave the 30" CMP drainage pipes in place because they are approximately 100 feet long and they extend beneath the railroad embankment and tracks. TR-59 was approved with conditions and had the following stipulation: A COOPER'S HAWK NEST LOCATED ON SNOWCAP COAL COMPANY, INC.'S PROPERTY AT THE UNIT TRAIN LOADOUT IN THE VICINITY OF SEDIMENT PONDS 1 AND 2 HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY WESTWATER ENGINEERING. THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IN THEIR LETTER DATED AUGUST 25, 2009 TO MESA COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE HALLIBURTON CAMEO STORAGE YARD PROJECT HAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT THE ACTIVITIES PROPOSED WITH TR-59 INVOLVING RECLAMATION OF THE PONDS NEAR THE COTTONWOOD STAND CONTAINING THE RAPTOR NEST BE DONE OUTSIDE OF THE NESTING PERIOD AND THAT NONE OF THE COTTONWOOD TREES IN THIS STAND BE CUT DOWN. THE PERMITTEE WILL COMPLY WITH THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RECOMMENDATION TO COMPLETE RECLAMATION ACTIVIES OUTSIDE OF THE NESTING PERIOD TIMEFRAME (APPROXIMATELY APRIL THROUGH JULY) AND NONE OF THE COTTONWOOD TREES IN THE STAND SHALL BE CUT DOWN.