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Y <br /> COLORADO LEGACY LAND <br /> M-1977-300 APPLICATION A E, SUMMARY TABLE <br /> COMMENT NO. COMMENT RESPONSE TO, <br /> Exhibit F-Reclamation Plan Map(Rule 6.4.6): Per Rule 6.4.6(b), Revised as requested.A note has been added to Figure F-1 <br /> 6c please ensure the map portrays the proposed final land use for each affirming that all affected lands shall be reclaimed for wildlife <br /> portion of the affected lands. habitat. <br /> Exhibit G-Water Information(Rule 6.4.7)Please provide Revised as requested. Exhibit G has been revised to include the <br /> demonstration that disposal of radionuclide-impacted alluvial valley requested cross-sectional figure and a discussion on how disposal <br /> soils into the Black Forest Mine will not directly affect surface or in the Black Forest is expected to affect the water quality in the <br /> groundwater systems.This demonstration should include,at a shallow alluvium and Ralston Creek. <br /> minimum,a cross-section showing elevations of the Black Forest <br /> 7 Mine with respect to elevations of the Minnesota"CV Glory Hole",the <br /> Steve Level,the approved maximum mine pool level(150 feet below <br /> Steve Level),and the creek channel,and an explanation of how the <br /> material placed inside the Black Forest Mine is not expected to <br /> contaminate surface or alluvial groundwater in the Ralston Creek <br /> stream shed. <br /> Exhibit L-Reclamation Costs(Rule 6.4.12): Please provide a bond Revised as requested. Exhibit L has been updated to include <br /> estimate that includes costs for completing reclamation in the Table L-1 which summarizes the Schwartzwalder Reclamation <br /> proposed affected lands(NWRP upland area and Black Forest Mine costs. <br /> area).All information necessary to calculate the costs of reclamation <br /> 8 must be submitted and broken down into the various major phase of <br /> reclamation.The information provided must be sufficient to calculate <br /> the cost of reclamation that would be incurred by the state in the <br /> event the permit was revoked and the state took over reclamation <br /> liability. <br /> Exhibit M-Other Permits and Licenses(Rule 6.4.13):The Exhibit M has been revised to include an updated list of permits <br /> operator states"This exhibit has not changed from the September and licenses. This list is updated from the Environmental <br /> 2016 Environmental Protection Plan".However,the only revisions Protection Plan which was prepared by Whetstone Associates and <br /> submitted for this permit in 2016 include Technical Revision No.23 is dated September 2016. This document is Attachment B of <br /> (TR-23;submitted on 5/4/2016 and approved on 3/17/2017)to Technical Revision 23. <br /> change the final disposal location of valley fill and install stormwater <br /> 9 management structures for waste rock piles,and Technical Revision <br /> No.24(TR-24;submitted on 6/20/2016 and approved on <br /> 11/2/2016)to relocate the water treatment plant and correct a <br /> permit boundary discrepancy.It does not appear that Exhibit M <br /> information was included with either of these submittals.Please <br /> provide a list of all permits,licenses,and approvals the operator <br /> holds or will be seeking for the operation,including effluent <br /> discharge permits,air quality emissions permits,radioactive source <br /> PAGE 7 OF 12 <br />