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floor will have 40-45 foot highwalls in these areas? How big of an additional area of disturbance is expected at this level? Please clarify where on the map these areas are shown and state the anticipated sq/ft of the areas. These areas will need to be included reclamation bonding for additional backfill work. The pit floors at the Hall Pit and Ford Pit that adjoin the proposed BLM Pit are relatively flat and level. From this evidence, United Companies expects [hat the floor of the proposed BLM Pi[ # l will also be flat and level. Two of the drill hole logs that were obtained during the initial investigation of the site seem to indicate that 2 areas of the pit floor may be lower than the expected 4,960 foot elevation. (The logs for the holes drilled at the BLM site were summarized in a table and attached to the permit application.) One of the logs (Drill hole #5) was for a hole that was drilled at the western end of the permit area. The surface of the mesa in this area is at a lower elevation than the majority of the permit area. I suspect that the gravel layer thickness a[ this point is similar to the rest of the deposit, 16-20 feet. The other drill hole log that seems to raise questions is for hole #2. This hole was drilled at a location approximately 350 feet to the east of the East l/16 Comer, Section 35, T1S, RIE U.M. as shown on the Mining Plan Map. This location is in a small drainage swale that would have carried stormwater north prior to mining. This location is approximately 100 fee[ from away from areas of the Ford Pit where gravel removal has been completed. There is a flat and level floor at most areas of the Ford Pit. The data shown in the drill logs does not convince me that the floor of the proposed BLM Pit #1 will be anything other than relatively flat and level. I am not certain how the drill hole collar elevations were surveyed. Depending on the accuracy of this part of the survey, the bottom of gravel elevations shown may be open to question. I also have the driller's notes. This sheet lists the Dole number, the soil depth, the gravel thickness and the total depth for each hole. Again, these notes show total depths for all holes drilled to be in the range of 8-20 '/z feet. A map of the drill hole locations and a copy of the driller's notes are attached. 10. The progression of mining and simultaneous reclamation is understood. Roughly two acres (250 x 350) of each block will be needed for processing activities. In the Reclamation Plan, the statement "reclamation can take place on most of the latest inactive..." is vague. Clearly specify that all the area except the 50 wide haul road and processing area will be reclaimed. The Reclamation Map should show where the haul road and processing area are to be located within the affected area. A series of maps was prepared to illustrate the reclamation sequence for each block (11 maps). In addition, a spreadsheet was prepared to summarize the volumes of soil materials generated during each year's mining and how and where those volumes were used during each year's reclamation. The maps illustrating the mining and