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Road A is presently closed with a Forest Service "no vehicle" sign placed at the junction <br />with Forest Service Road 752. This area is also presently eroded. The junction begins in <br />a drainage. After the road climbs to the ridgeline, it is in good condition and can easily <br />be used by a 4WD vehicle. It may be necessary to partially fill the eroded gully in order <br />fora 4WD truck to pass through. No other improvements or construction is needed. <br />If this road is used, I would need Forest Service approval to do so. <br />Road B will be the main non-system access road used in this operation. A section of this <br />road, where it crosses Site H, one of the disturbance areas, is heavily eroded and rutted. <br />This area would be smoothed out to enable better access fora 4WD truck to deliver fuel <br />to the track hoe when it is working on the upper sites. No other improvements or <br />construction for this road is needed. <br />After mining operations, as stated in ow application, this road would also be reclaimed, <br />removed, and closed according to Forest Service desires. Otherwise, we will reclaim <br />only those areas included inside the disturbance areas. <br />Per the environmental assessment for this project prepared by the U.S.F.S., we wilt also <br />maintain Road B, to include adding necessary water bars, straw bales, and or berms. <br />Road C wilt not be used unless there is an emergency or the walk in from the Elk Horn is <br />not approved. The lower part of Road C has become overgrown and is no longer visible. <br />If it is used, I would reclaim and close this road at completion of mining. <br />Affected Area: Please note that all mine operations including camping, working pads, <br />and other disturbed areas are considered part of the mine operations and need to occur <br />within the permitted mine boundary. <br />Understood <br />Hydrologic Balance: <br />1. This site will potentially have stormwater runoff that may contain sediment from <br />the mine site. The likelihood of offsite damage due to stormwater runo, jq'is <br />exacerbated because by the Hyman Fire, and existing mining pits Please <br />describe the stormwater best management practices (BMP) that will be carried <br />out to avoid possible negative o,~site stormwater impacts. <br />As stated, there will be negligible effects on the hydrological balance, primazily because <br />the disturbed sites only slightly increase permeability of the azea. The amount of water <br />entering and leaving any mined area will not be appreciably changed as a result of <br />mining. <br />I did not understand this subsection. It was not my understanding that the hydrologic <br />balance included addressing possible offsite damage or sediments from possible runoff. <br />