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III. COMMENTS -COMPLIANCE <br />Below are comments on the inspection. The comments include discussion of observations made during the <br />inspection. Comments also describe any enforcement actions taken during the inspection and the facts or <br />evidence supporting the enforcement action. <br />This was a complete inspection conducted by Joe Dudash of the Colorado DBMS. Bill Bear represented the <br />operator, Bowie Resources LLC, during the field inspection and records check. Most of the mining activity is in <br />the main entries that lead to the proposed west mine expansion district. There is currently no longwall mining. <br />Main Mine Site <br />The mine id sign was up at the entrance to the mine and contained the required information. The paved haul <br />road was in good condition, although the last curve hasn't been repaved yet. The guard rail was up. The dirt <br />access road up to the utility bench was dry and passable. The road berm was up. Road ditches and culverts were <br />in place and were functional. Surface disturbance markers were up. <br />The utility bench was stable. The back ditch had enough capacity. The topsoil stockpile on the west end of the <br />utility bench was well vegetated and the topsoil sign was up. There was some muddy water at the west end seep <br />but it did not have the characteristic orange color. The subsidence warning sign was up at the head of the road <br />that leads up to the drilling sites. The rock catchment berm was in place. <br />The cut and fill slopes of the D-seam portal bench were stable. The bench's outside edge berm was in place. <br />Only a small volume of coal was stockpiled on the bench. Ditches and culverts on the bench were functional. <br />No problems were observed with any of the facilities structures, including the fuel facility and the cap and <br />powder houses. No problems were noted at the B-seam portal bench either. The cut and fill slopes were stable <br />and the sediment control system was operating properly. The excess material storage stockpile across the haul <br />road from the B-seam portal bench was stable. <br />The main topsoil stockpile was well vegetated and the topsoil signs were present. The material storage area <br />adjacent to the topsoil stockpile was well organized. There were no issues at the wash plant water tank area. The <br />wildlife crossing over the downhill conveyor was in place. There were some coal fines that had dropped from <br />the downhill conveyor but they did not present a problem since the disturbed area drains to pond B. The water <br />level in pond B was below the elevation of the primary discharge pipe. The float was attached to the primary <br />discharge pipe. The pond embankment was stable and culverts and ditches leading into pond B were in place. <br />Surface disturbance markers were up. Mine id signs were up where the permit boundary crosses old state <br />highway 133. There was a small volume of coal on the stockpile bench. There were no issues with fugitive dust. <br />Coal Waste Stockpile Area <br />The gob pile haul road was in good condition, with the road ditch and outside berm in place. The wash plant <br />was not operating at the time of the inspection. Ditches and culverts were clear of debris. The material storage <br />areas along this road were well organized. The water level in pond C was below the primary discharge pipe <br />elevation. There was only a little standing water in pond D. The floats were on the primary discharge pipes for <br />both ponds and the emergency spillways for both ponds were clear of debris. The topsoil stockpile was signed <br />and had a good vegetative cover. <br />The contractor was working on the east side of the second lift of coal waste stockpile no. 2, increasing the <br />outslope from 5H:1 V to 3H:1 V. There was positive drainage off of the pile. The soil material stripped from the <br />previous bench outslope was stockpiled appropriately. The upland diversion ditch was in place and surface