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existing roads will be minimally maintained by removing fallen trees (primazily from Hayman fire), <br />removing rocks, and improving waterbazs to prevent erosion. No new road construction is anticipated. <br />Equipment will be brought in over Forest Service numbered roads, RD 201, and RD 754. From these <br />roads, unnumbered logging access roads reach the designated sites as indicated in Exhibit E. These old <br />trails aze from 10 to 12 feet wide and wind in and out of trees. For sites A - D, it will be necessary to <br />remove a few small trees on either side of the road to "walk in" a track hoe. However, all these trees <br />along this access (see road on map to Ells Horn and Smoky Hawk claims) are now burned as a result of <br />the Hayman fire. No living trees will be removed for equipment access. Equipment will need to be <br />"walked in" about 450 feet to Site E on the Blue Smoky. For all remaining sites, clear access is <br />available to all mechanized equipment from an adjacent mad. <br />6.3.3. (1, (h) Water use: <br />Drinking water will be brought on site for use as needed. We will use a canister of water with awater- <br />gun attachment for washing newly exposed crystal cavities to determine quality and to assist in <br />collecting materials. At most, 5 gallons of water is used to wash material in any one cavity. <br />Personal hygiene, showers, etc., will be conducted off site. No other washing or cooking, except an <br />occasional meal, will be accomplished on site. <br />No waste water will be produced as an outcome of this operation. <br />6.3.3. (i) (i) Ground and surface water: <br />The nearest free-running surface water to any excavation is ovgr 1,200 feet away. An intermittent <br />stream exists about 650 feet from Site G. No nmoffwill jeopardize these water ways. We will not <br />penetrate the water table at any point. No springs, ponds, other riparian azeas or wet-lands are found at <br />any of the proposed sites. <br />6.3.3. U (j) Water ts: <br />No water rights will be impacted in any manner. <br />6.3.3. (1) (k) Toxic or acidic materials: <br />No toxic or acid producing materials will be exposed during this operation. The minerals being <br />encountered and produced aze silicates and are non-reactive. None of the minerals in this deposit react <br />to oxygen or to water to produce toxic or acidic products. No materials will be discazded to produce <br />any unsightly tailings or waste piles. All waste materials will be returned to the excavations and be <br />used for final reclamation. <br />6.3.3. (1) (1) Hvdroloeical balance: <br />A small impact could be possible in the hydrological balance and downstream areas if surface area <br />disturbed were of significant size because runoff could possibly be increased and significant timbered <br />areas could be removed. However, all sites in this proposal aze less than 118 acre and only a single site <br />is not in some stage of reclamation at any given time. Total disturbed azea over the I S-year life of this <br />