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Summit Brick and Tile Company Fox No 1 Clay Pit M-1977-219-Adequacy Response#2 Page 6 I e-mailed a copy of the existing reclamation standards to the Pueblo Office of the NRCS on 12/11/17 and asked them to review and send me a revised plan. On 12/18/17 I talked to Lana Pierson and she is reviewing the 1990 information and the seed mix noted in the next paragraph and will provide us their recommendations as soon as possible . When I receive the revised recommendations I will file them with the Division for the record. 47. In response to Adequacy Item 421, the Applicant states they are working on the stability analysis to allow the final reclamation slope of the sandstone layer to be left at near vertical and in the meantime offers to commits to not mining within 200 feet of any structure until the Division has reviewed and approved the analysis. Please clarify that the Applicant will commit to maintaining a 200-foot buffer between the permit boundary and crest of the reclaimed 3H:1 V overburden and update the cross sectional figures on the Reclamation Plan Map to reflect the 200-foot buffer instead of the 50-foot buffer. Please update the Mining and Reclamation Plan Maps to reflect this buffer accordingly. Please also commit to delineating this 200-foot buffer on the ground when an active 40-acre phase is within proximity to the permit boundary. We are waiting on your approval of the Geotechnical Report submitted that determined the proposed setbacks are adequate to protect structures within 50 feet of dig line at the mine boundary. Until such time as it is determined, what the actual setback distance should be, Summit will commit to not mining within 200 feet of the Permit Boundary. Summits understanding is that if the results of the Geotechnical Analysis show that the mining buffer can be less the 200 feet a Technical Revision will be filed, should they choose to mine within the 200 feet buffer. Summit will commit to establishing the buffer line on the ground prior to mining within the approved buffer limit of the boundary for any new area. The maps have been revised showing the 200 foot buffer line . 48. In response to Adequacy Item#25, the Applicant now proposes to revert back to the following seed mixture from 1990: Looks like that was premature since Summit had committed to a seed mix prepared by Thomas Schreiner that I did not know about . So we withdraw the 1990 mix and will provide another mix prepared by the NRCS . Please note, during the review of AM-02, Applicant committed to using the following more diverse seed mixture: