2014-07-31_PERMIT FILE - C1996083A (8)

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2.05.4 The Freeman Gulch fan site and light use road were constructed with available material during 1999 as part of the Freeman Gulch Exploration Plan, notice of intent number X-98-217-02 issued 9/11/98. To reclaim the site and road, fill placed on the outslopes must be returned to the cut slopes. Since the vent shaft pad is in a rock slide area and potentially unstable slope, the pad will be reclaimed to approximate original contour after the shaft is excavated and lined. The fill will be placed at or above optimum moisture content and compacted to a density of at least 85% of the maximum modified Proctor density. The light use road will be reclaimed when the vent shaft in no longer required. Since topsoil was not salvaged from the light use road or pad the road bed and pad will be ripped, plowed or scarified prior to seeding to provide a suitable seed bed. The vent shaft pad and light use road facilities are presented on Map 35 (Volume 11) which also presents the postmining topography of the pad and light use road. The Hubbard Creek vent shaft and pad were constructed during 2007 and 2008. The area has been reclaimed to approximate original contour. Approximately 1,450 cubic yards of topsoil has been replaced. As part of construction of the Hubbard Creek vent shaft and pad, the Operator relocated approximately 360 feet of Hubbard Creek Road at the request of the Forest Service. This relocated segment of road will not be restored to its original location, it will remain at the location shown on Map 18- 1. The Terror Creek vent shaft and pad were constructed during 2010 and 2011. The site was constructed on a pad used to drill monitoring well TC- 03 -03. The soil nail walls will not be removed, rather, fill placed on the outslopes will be returned to the cut slopes (over top the soil nail walls), and the site will be reclaimed to approximate original contour. See Map 18 -2 for site specific reclamation contours and sections. By letter dated June 14, 2013, the USDA -FS provided clarification regarding the reclamation of route 825 otherwise known as the "Plantation Road ". The USDA -FS wants any portions of route 825 not needed by the Applicant be decommissioned to a trail suitable for ATV use by ripping one half of the road bed and then seeding. The USDA -FS letter is located in Volume IIIA, Tab 14. The location of the Plantation Road that will be decommissioned to a trail suitable for ATV use is shown on Map 18 -3. Work to decommission the road will only be performed within the permit boundary. All other drill roads constructed off of the Plantation Road will be reclaimed. New light use roads will be reclaimed. Reclamation of the upgraded and refurbished light use roads may involve narrowing the roads so they are compatible with the postmining land use of rangeland and wildlife habitat since roads are necessary to manage both land uses and a light use road network was existing on the property prior to mining. MR -137 2.05-65- 11/01/13