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2.04.9 Soil Resource Information: <br />13. In accordance with Rule 2.04.9, the applicant shall provide adequate soils information for those <br />portions of the permit area to be disturbed by surface operations and facilities. Prior to disturbing <br />land within the proposed expansion area, Trapper will need to submit the information required in <br />Rule 2.04.9. The Division will stipulate the approval of the permit revision to supply this <br />information prior to disturbing land within the proposed permit area expansion. <br />Trapper Response to Comment 13: Trapper will submit the requested information prior to any mining in <br />the permit expansion area <br />2.04. 10 Vegetation Information <br />14. Please update Map M16 for the expansion area. Rule 2.04.10(1) requires the permit application to <br />contain a vegetation map, which delineates plant communities within the permit area. The <br />delineation of plant communities shall be on the basis of visually dominant perennial species. <br />Trapper Response to Comment 14: Attached is revised Map M 16 that includes the permit expansion area. <br />Plant communities are delineated within the expansion area. <br />15. In accordance with Rule 2.04.10 (3), the revised vegetation map shall include sufficient adjacent <br />areas to allow evaluation of vegetation as important habitat for fish and wildlife for those species of <br />fish and wildlife identifies under rule 2.04.11. An aerial photograph, with plant communities <br />delineated, may be used in lieu of a vegetation map for this purpose. <br />Trapper Response to Comment 15: Enclosed revised Map M 16 delineates plant communities adjacent to <br />the pit expansion area. Adjacent area mapping went approximately 0.5 miles beyond the permit boundary. <br />16. The baseline vegetation studies contained in the current permit do not cover the proposed expansion <br />area. Prior to mining in the expansion area, Trapper will need to submit the vegetation information <br />required by Rule 2.04.10(4). The Division will stipulate the approval of this permit revision to <br />supply this information prior to disturbing land within the proposed permit area expansion. <br />Trapper Response to Comment 16: Trapper will submit the requested information prior to any mining in <br />the permit expansion area <br />17. In accordance with Rule 2.10.3 0); the permit application shall include maps showing the existing <br />topography within the area to be affected during the estimate life of the operation and adjacent <br />lands. The M3 series maps depict the Pre- Mining Topography of the site. Map M3 Sheet 5 depicts <br />the eastern portion of the site but does not depict the area adjacent to the current permit area to the <br />East. This area encompasses the proposed permit boundary expansion area. Please submit a new <br />M3 series map that depicts the existing topography of the expansion area and the adjacent lands. <br />Trapper Response to Comment 17: The original M3 Pre - Mining Topography maps (sheets 1 -5) were <br />developed on sepia mylars before electronic mapping was introduced. Trapper has re- generated these <br />topographies and the associated information provided on the originals to a new, three sheet format (M3; <br />sheets 1, 2, & 3) that includes the proposed permit boundary expansion areas to the east of the current <br />permit boundary. The new M3 maps are similar to the other 400 scale mine maps. <br />