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Mr. Lees <br />Page 13 <br />March 11, 2016 <br />14. The Applicant has stated that approximately 0.5 acres will be disturbed through the proposed <br />prospecting operation. Please provide an accounting of the size of each disturbed area as <br />defined on the NOI Site Map (culvert installation, portal access, waste rock crushing site). <br />Also, please clarify if the improvements to the road have been included in the 0.5 acre <br />disturbance estimate. If not, then revise the estimate of the total area to be disturbed. <br />15. As required under the Project Description section of Form I and Form 2, please describe the <br />anticipated relationship to the surface water in the area. Specifically, the description should <br />account for Buckskin Gulch located to the south of the prospecting site. <br />16. The Applicant has stated that groundwater is at least 170 feet below all underground activity. <br />Please describe how this determination was made and provide any available documentation <br />to support this statement. <br />17. Please specify if there is any current or historic drainage from the portal. <br />18. The Applicant has included Douglas -fir and lodgepole pine in the reclamation seed mix and <br />has stated that tree planting will be done using tublings. In addition, the Applicant has <br />specified that the seeding rate will be 33 PLS/acre for each of these species. Please clarify if <br />replanting will be accomplished through seed or tubling planting. If tublings will be planted, <br />then specify the number of tublings to be planted for each species. <br />Be advised that if these items have not been addressed within 60 days of the date of this letter <br />(May 10, 2016), the Division may terminate the NOI application in accordance with Rule <br />5.1.3(c) of the Hard Rock Rules. Please remember to designate as appropriate those materials in <br />the application that you desire to be made confidential versus those to be made public. <br />If you have any questions, you may contact me at (303)866-3567 x8116. <br />Sincerely, <br />ichael A. Cyfnningham <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CC: Wally Erickson, DRMS <br />