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2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES B <br /> MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br /> b. (Item 8)The upper segment of the historic East Roatcap Creek road <br /> does not need to be reestablished as a road. <br /> c. (Item 9)The Steven's Gulch Allotment Stock Trail does not need to be <br /> returned to a historic pre-mine portal location. The lower portion of the <br /> stock trail needs to be completed to provide a continuous trail back to <br /> the historic East Roatcap Creek road. <br /> d. (Item 13)The Operator will work with the BLM to eliminate or cover the <br /> rock scarp on the Steven's Gulch Allotment Stock Trail. <br /> 8. Map 8A-19(located in Volume 8A)has been revised with TR-64 to show <br /> the reclamation of Ponds W1 &W2 as well as restoring East Roatcap <br /> Creek. <br /> Reclamation activities associated with TR-64 will be to remove the culvert <br /> in East Roatcap Creek and restore the Creek to its approximate original <br /> configuration. A description of the existing upstream and downstream <br /> channel segments can be found in the McDermid Engineering Associates <br /> report located in Volume 8, Tab Culvert Capacities. In summary, "The East <br /> Roatcap creek channel banks, upstream and downstream of the proposed <br /> fill, are comprised of cobble and boulders up to three and four feet in <br /> equivalent diameter. It is very steep(12%)on the average and grade is <br /> controlled in a series of pools and drops by dams of boulders and <br /> cottonwood logs. This is the typical mountain streams on steep grades in <br /> an equilibrium condition." <br /> In order to restore the channel to its premining configuration, the reclaimed <br /> channel will have boulders intermittently placed along the creek bed. As <br /> discussed in the McDermid report, the channel will, over time, reach an <br /> equilibrium point with pools and drops created by the boulders and runoff <br /> debris. <br /> A permit from the United States Corps. of Engineers was obtained for the <br /> reclamation activities and is located in Volume 8A, NPDES/USACE Tab. <br /> East Mine Reclamation (formerly OVM) <br /> Structural Demolition <br /> 1. The Guard Shack was removed in 2001. However, some concrete <br /> foundations and the security gates remain in this area. <br /> 2. The derelict weather station and dust sampling station were removed in <br /> 2001. <br /> 3. The sewage treatment plant was removed in 2001. <br /> 4. The crushing and screening plant,the truck loadout and conveyor system <br /> on the crushing and screening bench was removed in 2001. <br /> 5. The shop and warehouse building, bulk storage building and the tire repair <br /> shop were removed from the shop and warehouse bench area in 2001. <br /> TR-64 60-b 04/19 <br />