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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. Prior to the inspection, I informed Ms. Hammond that I was concerned that the reclamation work conducted by Halliburton and their contractor at the UTL Ponds may have been done during the restricted timeframe mandated by the stipulation(April through May). Because of this concern, Ms. Hammond invited Wayne Brookshire of Halliburton who is overseeing the reclamation work and John Chutka of Skyline Contracting, Inc. who conducted the work to join us during the inspection. As it turned out, Halliburton representatives attempted to locate the Cooper's Hawk nest on March 23, 2010 prior to commencing the reclamation of the UTL Ponds#I and#2. Since they were unsuccessful in locating the nest they contacted WestWater Engineeering that performed the initial survey and prepared the Halliburton Cameo Storage Yard Cooper's Hawk Nest Report dated July 2009. WestWater conducted another evaluation on March 25, 2010 at the site and found that the Cooper's Hawk nest had fallen to the ground sometime during the previous winter. They photographed the fallen nest and concluded that the deteriorated condition of the nest indicated it had not been used in 2009 and possibly not in 2008. This is documented in their report Halliburton Cameo Storage Yard Biological Survey Report dated April 2010. Wayne Brookshire provided this information and a copy of this report to the DRMS during the inspection on May 171h. A copy of this report is retained on file at the DRMS. Reclaimed UTL Ponds No. 1 and No. 2 were inspected. Reclamation of sediment Pond#1 involved placing fill nearly level with the light use road number 4 and sloping the fill away from the pond embankments towards the drainage swale located to the north. No fill was placed in any of the wetlands and no cottonwood trees were cut down. The 30-inch diameter spillways were partially reclaimed. The 90 degree bends and attached skimmers were removed. Caps were placed on both ends of the two spillway pipes. The upstream or intake sides of the spillway pipes were backfilled and covered with clean fill material. The two-30 inch pipes were left in place with removable caps so they can be used in the future to support the industrial land use. The pipes may be used in the future to bring utilities into the rail loop or to pump water into or out of the rail loop. Reclaimed UTL Pond No. I is shown in Photo No. 1. The capped end or discharge end of the spillway at UTL Pond No. 1 is shown in Photo No. 2. At UTL No. 2 some minor additional dirt work is necessary to reshape the east side of the backfill to lengthen the slope and make a smoother transition to the natural terrain. This was discussed with John Chutka of Skyline Contracting, Inc. during the site inspection. Both backfill areas at each pond will have topsoil replaced and the backfill area seeded with the appropriate seed mix. Reclaimed UTL Pond No. 2 and the capped outlet are shown in Photographs No. 3 and No. 4. The inspection was concluded by locating the site of the former Cooper's Hawk nest. At the tree location of the former nest site it appeared that a large branch had been broken that had