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• Rule 2.04.9 Soils Resource Information <br />Under this section, all responses were found adequate except as listed below. <br />57. Lorencito Coal Company's response regazding sampling of the mountain shrub <br />community during 1997 and the Pinyon/juniper community prior to disturbance in the 2nd <br />permit term, appeaz appropriate, however, this statement was only found in Lorencito Coal <br />Company's cover letter. In order for the Division to accept this response as a permit <br />commitment, appropriate permit text would need to be revised. A commitment to <br />quantitatively sample these two communities prior to disturbance would be appropriate <br />in Exhibit 10, or in permit section 2.04.10. <br />59. Lorencito Coal Company's response to a description of the extended reference area <br />productivity condition is acceptable. Lorencito Coal Company included a sentence on <br />page 2.05-71, "Discussion of these range conditions is found in Section 2.05.4 on revised <br />page 2.05-71." This sentence is appropriate to the cover letter, but should not be included <br />in the permit text on page 2.05-71. Please eliminate that sentence from page 2.05-71. <br />Rule 2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Resort <br />The response to question 62 is adequate. The application is in compliance with Rule 2.04.13. <br />• Rule 2.05.2 Operation Plan-Estimated Area for Life of Operation <br />The response to question 63 is adequate. The application is in compliance with Section 2.05.2. <br />Rule 2.05.3(2) Operation Description <br />Under this section, all responses were found adequate except as listed below. <br />65. The applicant has indicated that the response to this question is forthcoming. The <br />applicant's response is therefore inadequate at [his time. <br />66. The applicant has indicated [hat the response to this question is forthcoming. The <br />applicant's response is therefore inadequate at this time. <br />67. The applicant has indicated that the response to this question is forthcoming. The <br />applicant's response is therefore inadequate at this time. <br />68. The applicant is requesting asix-year variance from the 60-day backfilling and grading <br />requirements of Section 4.14.](I)(a) of the Regulations. The applicant has provided the <br />required detailed written analyses (Section 2.05.4(2)(c) of the Regulations) in the form of <br />its proposed operations and reclamation plans. <br />. The Division could grant this vaziance; however, the applicant must first provide a <br />contingent reclamation plan, along with the necessary reclamation cost estimate, fora cut- <br />