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r <br />• Resnonse <br />Updates on all rare and endangered species are included in letters from the <br />Soils Conservation Service, The Colorado Department of Wildlife and the <br />U.S. Fish and Gam Service. Copies of these letters have been enclosed <br />in Appendix 4-7. <br />usin <br />2.04.12 This section refers to a lack of prime farmland. A letter from the local <br />SCS office confirming this will need to be included as an exhibit. <br />Response <br />A copy of the negative finding on prime farmland has been enclosed in <br />Appendix 4-5. <br />in <br />2.04.13 A date when the Annual Reclamation Reports will be submitted is <br />required. Negative reports need to be submitted if no reclamation has <br />been accomplished. <br />• Response <br />The Annual Reclamation Report will be submitted by January 15th of each <br />year for the preceding year's activities. <br />scion <br />2.05.3(2) Page 5-6(6) states the steady state pit will be approximately 1,000,000 <br />cubic yards, but on page 5-16(3) the volume is reportedly 2,000,000 cubic <br />yards. This needs to be corrected. Page 5-9(5) states the haul road will <br />remain as permanent access. The letter must state which portions of the <br />haul road will be retained and give sufficient justification as to why the <br />haul road (especially the size of the road) will benefit the post mining land <br />use. <br />Response <br />The actual volume of the steady state pit is approximately 1.2 million <br />cubic yards as revised in the reduced pit size described in the text. The <br />volume reported on page 5-16 is the available volume of the fill area <br />which is approximately 2.5 million yards, and is in excess of the volume <br />to be removed from the pit. <br />The letter request that the entire haul road to be left for post mining land <br />• use. The size of the road is necessary for maximum use of the gravel and <br />land development for the mesa in the future. Oakridge anticipates to <br />recover several hundred thousand tons of gravel and participate is a <br />substantial housing development after the coal is removed. <br />-6- <br />DEC 2 2 1992 <br />