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The delineations of wooded areas and farm ponds are now properly labelled on the maps. There is a wooded area located in the eastern staging area, which you state will be completely avoided. The vegetation information, which is reiterated from the NRCS information elsewhere in the application, is adequate. The soils map will be accepted as it is now, with no further corrections required. E.xhibi[ D -Mining Plan You have clarified the question about the SLCRR easement, as mentioned above. Your private rail spur will mostly be located on your property, within the permit area boundan~, except for the ~0-60 feet on the eastem end where the connection to the existing line will be. Your mil spur does not }'et exist. Prior to the time of actually connection the rail sour to the existing line, since it will be outside the permit boundary and into die railroad's easement, please provide our Division a copy of the agreement with SLCRR showing [hat this connection to their line is allowed. (Submittal of this agreement might become a permit approval condition, which will have to be satisfied prior to spur construction or main line connection.) You also clarified that there will be no mining within 300 feet of the overhead powerline or buried gosling, until such time that you have secured a damage agreement with Xcel Energy, which owns those structures. Please clarify however, whether there will be any road-building or haulin ag ctivity carried out in that portion of this utility corridor between the mining area and the sta ing area, prior to securing_the necessary damage a¢reement(sl. At this time, since no details about the structures to install or remove in the staging area have been provided yet, no structuml demolition or concrete removal will be entered into the bond calculations. We can safely assume that something will be constructed, possibly to be later removed, but for no~v it can be included as a small part of the reclamation earthwork task. In the future, as plans for developing the staging area are finalized, please communicate them to us, and we can determine if a bond adjustment is needed. There may be adverse effects to the flow of water in Fish Ditch, as the ponds in Cells 3 and 4 develop in proximity to the ditch. This is not a problem now, since excavation will not reach that area for many years, and since the applicant is also the landowner. In the future, however, it is possible that the operator and landowner may be two different entities, and addressing this situation will be important. If it is recognized that swctumi changes to the ditch become necessary, the operator will have to somehow provide for the proper functioning or stability of the ditch, which ntay temporarily affect die bond amount. (This issue ma}• also become a permit approval condition.) Thank you for the other clarifications, which will become part of your approved plan and will be used in your bond calculations. Exhibit E -Reclamation Plan The acreages for various activities, slope lengths and gradients, and other amounts you provided will all help in setting a representative bond amount, and will become part of your approved reclamation plan. Exhibit F -Reclamation Mao The map now reflects the post-mining condition more clearly, wide inclusions of notes, contours, and more complete labelling. It is considered adequate now. The apparent typographical error on the contour line label at the southeast end of Fish Ditch (noted previously under Exhibit C above) also is on this map. Is it intended to be "7635' feet? Exhibit G -Water Information 1 reviewed the water engineer's packet, which clearly shows the intent to dry up acreage in exchange for allowing evaporative losses from the 100 acres of proposed ponds. You have acknowledged that until you have been approved for these ponds, mining cannot expose groundwater, or the bond amount must cover the costs of adequatel}• backfilling any exposed groundwater. Please provide evidence to this Division of approval for the