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-18- <br />Item: fence removal and cattleguard installation to re-establish range <br />pasture boundaries. <br />Res onset Homestake has agreed to remove the access road livestock control fences <br />and install cattleguards as necessary to re-establish range pasture boundaries. <br />Homestake has been meeting with the District office of the Forest Service <br />to determine how best to re-establish the pasture boundaries, in keeping with <br />the range management plan. <br />Item: Adequate reclamation and rehabilitation time must be alloted to assure <br />stabilization of the slopes before the operator is permitted to walk away. <br />Response: Slope stabilization is discussed in detail in the above responses <br />to Dr. Pendleton's and Bob Liddle's review memorandums. <br />The Mined Land Reclamation Board as well as the U.S. Forest Service <br />will make the determination that adequate reclamation has been accomplished, <br />prior to the release of reclamation surety. Homestake's reclamation efforts <br />currently underway will provide certainty of the success of the slope <br />stabilization effort. <br />The above information is provided as an addendum to Exhibit E of the <br />Pitch Mine Reclamation Plan, as amended January, 1984. Exhibit L, of the <br />amended Reclamation Plan, should be revised to include the following additional <br />reclamation costs: <br />Item Cost <br />o Final design of topography, including <br />drainage, based on actual conditions. $11,000 <br />o Location, exploration, and design of <br />cascade structure. $10,000 <br />o Exploration, evaluation, and design of <br />dam spillway. $17,000 <br />o Riprap and drain junction design. $ 5,000 <br />Total Engineering Costs $43,000 <br />o Pit wall topographic monitoring. $16,000 <br />The total reclamation cost/financial warranty shown in Exhibit L is <br />increased from $2,204,004 to $2,263,004. <br />