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M-91-097fCN-01 First adequacy letter I (/25/98 page 5 Exhibit E -Reclamation Plan Your plan states that all sloped areas will be broadcast seeded. They will all be 3:1 or gentler, and other earthwork, seedbed preparation and mulching tasks involve equipment traversing the slopes, so wlty not drill seed them? Please clarify the apparent discrepancies about fertilizer. There are several references to it, from applying a preset amount, to applying what a soil analysis or revegetation success shows is needed, to not applying it at all. Paragraph 3. l.9 states that topsoil will be stripped prior to mining, but does not specify the depth(s). This was asked earlier in this letter. Please provide this information as a response for at least one of the exhibits. Paragraph 3. I. l l names [he structures onsite, but omits the canal and ditches. These have been adequately mentioned elsewhere in the application, so this is not a problem. Please clarify whether the highway right-of--way fence is owned by the applicant or by CDOT. The possibility of not fully mining either Phase 1 or Phase 2 could result in smaller ponds than what is depicted for the fully mined site. This will cause the need for more topsoil than what is needed for the dryland portions when there are 18 acres of ponds. All dryland acreage minus roads must be revegetated, and will require soil. Please ensure that there is sufficient topsoil for plating all dryland acres at any point in the mining phases. Exhibit F -Reclamation Plan Map The note about the 2-acre area of existing woodland to be affected (along eastern boundary of Phase 2) is mentioned again here because the boundary of the trees remains unchanged. This may be inadvertent, or could indicate the avoiding of existing trees or replanting of affected areas back to trees. Please clarify. The two ponds are shown with undulating margins and shallow areas. The drawing in Detail A shows a slight cut and fill which creates this effect. This will become a valuable enhancement to this shoreline. Are there plans to introduce any emergent or wetland vegetation? This office will not specifically require such species; this question is asked only out of interest. (There is an extra set of pages included here, which seem to be only an accidental includion of an earlier version. They are labeled Revision #1, and are presently not being considered for their content. If they should be part of the reviewed material, please let me know.) Exhibit G -Water Information As noted above, there may be an existing pond in the Phase 2a area, whose surface may be at