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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 DRMS.No one represented the operator during the inspection. Signs and Markers The mine id signs were up at the main entrance,east side gate and near the railroad crossing. The required information was on each of the signs.Permit boundary markers were also up around the site. Roads The paved main haul road was in good condition.There was a little black staining of the highway due to coal haul trucks but it was not a problem.The graveled east side entrance road was also in good condition. The east side gate was open.The light use road adjacent to the railroad tracks was dry and passable. HydroloQy There was only a very small pool of standing water in the east side sediment pond.The pond's embankment and inslopes were well vegetated.The emergency spillway was clear of debris and the gated valve on the primary pipe was in the closed position. The dugout sediment pond on the west side of the site was dry. The single open channel spillway was also clear of debris. Collection ditches had enough capacity. The straw bales and silt fence at the railroad track small area exemption were in place. Facilities There were no crushing/screening operations or coal railcar loading operations occurring during the field inspection. One coal haul truck did unload during the inspection.There were no signs of fugitive dust problems. No problems were noted with any of the coal handing structures.The fuel facility was secure. Topsoil Stockpiles The east and west topsoil stockpiles had moderate to good vegetative cover.Topsoil signs were up. c:/word2007/terror/inspO610