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Notice of Intent Instructions <br />36 CFR 228.4(a) - Locatable Minerals <br />If you have a question about the NOI process or mining regulations, contact the Forest Service <br />office that administers the lands involved with your proposed mining operation. <br />The purpose of submitting a Notice of Intent (NO[) for a proposed mining operation is to <br />provide the Forest Service District Ranger with sufficient information to determine if the level <br />of proposed disturbance will require a Plan of Operations and a detailed environmental <br />analysis. The District Ranger will, within 15 days of receipt of the NOI, evaluate the NOI and <br />notify the operator'whether or not a Plan of Operations is required. <br />A NOI is required from any person proposing to conduct operations which might cause a <br />significant disturbance of surface resources. If you are uncertain whether your operation falls <br />within this category, we recommend you file a NOI. It can be included as part of a letter to the <br />District Ranger and should address the five items listed below. <br />I. The name, address, and telephone number of the operator. The NOT should be signed and <br />dated by the operator. <br />2. The area involved. The description should include the township, range, and !.a section of <br />where your proposal will occur and with enough detail to locate the area on the ground. We <br />recommend you enclose a map of suitable scale (U.S. Geological Survey map scale 1: <br />24,000) with your NOI and indicate on the map where your operations would be located on <br />the ground. <br />3. The nature of the proposed operations. Describe what you plan to do. Include when and <br />how you will be operating, the proposed start-up date, and the expected duration of the <br />activities. List other details such as the number of people involved in the operation, <br />equipment you intend to use (sizes, capacity, frequency of use), depth of proposed suction <br />dredging or excavation, how waste material will be handled, what vegetation will be <br />removed, the size of area to be disturbed, quantity of material to be removed, housing or <br />camping facilities to be used, and the method for sewage and waste disposal. <br />4. The route of access to the area of operations. Describe the route of access or display it on <br />your enclosed map, and identify individual roads and trails you intend to use. <br />5. The method of transport. Describe the vehicles or other transport used to carry people, <br />equipment, supplies, and living quarters to and from the work site. Describe if transport will <br />be by foot, stock (horses, mules, etc.), trucks, helicopters, motorcycles, cars, etc. <br />Completed forms may be wailed to: <br />.°SFS South Park Mange, Uistric l <br />P.O. Bax 219 <br />Fairplay. CO 804.111 <br />Wnmre .apace is needed to fill out a block of information, use addilioual sheets and alrarh to fore") <br />Pad- 2 of 2 <br />