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6. A statement has been included in the text (Section 4.1.1) that the permit area is not within an area designated as unsuitable for underground mining or within an area under study for such designation per 30 CFR 764 or 765. 7. Anticipated starting and termination projections of phases of underground mining activities has been addressed in Sections 2.1, 2.1.2 and 2.1.5, and is shown on Figure 2.1-3. 8. Section 783.12, which is cited as the basis for this question requires the description and identification of "the size, sequence, and timing of the subareas of the mine plan area for which it is anticipated that individual permits for mining will be requested over the total life of the proposed under- ground mining activities." (emphasis added). This has been identified on Figure 2.1-3. The construction of the sediment pond and roads was adequately addressed in the application but received some elaboration in Sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.4 respect- ively, and are also shown in detail on Figure 2.2-2. The construction of the sediment pond was identified as proceeding upon approval. The road was identified as existing. 9. A and B (para. 1). Copies of surveys on file with the BLM have been provided in Appendix J, as is additional survey work completed in 1980 in accordance with directions from OSM archae- ologists that was to provide adequate assessment of the mine plan area. Pursuant to 783.12 a statement has been provided in Section 4.1.3 that no cultural or historical resources are known to exist in the mine plan area. This statement is substantiated in Appendix J information. The cultural resource inventory (history and archaeology) covers the entire mine plan area, which obviously includes less than the 15,000 acres associated with all six leases in the area. Pages 1 and 2 9. B (para. 2). The change in BLM policy was not addressed in the previous submittal, but the mine plan area was surveyed and re- ported in this resubmittal. 9. B (para. 3). Maps (archaeological surveys) are provided with survey information in Appendix J. Pages 2 and 3 9. B (para. 4). The inventory report documenting the cultural resource inventory covers the entire mine plan area (which is not 15,000 acres). The operator has established the mine plan area for the McClane Canyon operation covering portions of two leases. This is adequately identified in Figure 2.1-3. 13. An expanded narrative on the geology of the area is incorporated into Sections 2.5 and 4.2, and includes a description of the strata down to the first aquifer which is addressed in Section 4.2.2.1 as being approximately 210 feet below the Cameo coal seam (Figure 2.1-12), and as being insignificant and beyond the -2-