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6. Please update the compliance section (3.7.4) of the permit application package with P&M's compliance history, as required by Rule 2.03.5. Section 3.7.4 has been revised to update P&M's compliance history. As noted above, certain seclions ojthe permit application package will need to be revised since mining ceased Table 4.3-2, Mo„~at Area Soi[ Materials Mass Balance should be revised, as well. Section 4.3, Topsoil Management, including Table 4.3-2, has been revised to reflect topsoil salvage volumes as of the close of mining. 8. Section 4.4.4 discusses P&M's revegetation monitoring. According to the plan interim monitoring will be conducted during Years 3 and 4 of the five year period following initial permanent seed mixture planting. A report is to be submitted to DMG summarizing the data and requesting approval for any corrective measures. Interim revegetation monitoring reports as supposed to be in Appendix 4.4-B, but there are none. Is this because they are missing in DMG's copies, or because P&M has nor done any monitoring? We have no reports for any of the revegetation since the early 80's. Section 4.4.4 has been revised to more clearly identify when interim revegetation monitoring will take place. The revised material indicates that the permit azea has been divided into three bond release blocks with the bond liability period for all blocks to begin in 1997. Therefore, Years 3 and 4 should be in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Appendix 4.4-B is merely designated as the place-holder for the monitoring results once they have been perfotmed. 9. Section 4.4.4.2 states that ftnal revegetation monitoring will be conducted during the last two years of mining. These reports are supposed to be in Appendix C, but again there is nothing in Appendix C. Has P&M done any 'final" revegetation monitoring? P&M has not conducted any "final" revegetation monitoring to date. Final revegetation monitoring will be conducted, at a minimum, during the last two yeazs of the extended liability period as stated in Section 4.4.4.2. Appendix C, like Appendix B, is aplace-holder for the monitoring results once they have been performed. 10. In DMG's copies of the permit application package, the Appendices in Section 4.4 are mixed up. Appendix A is the PIN information for each species. /t is included in the application. As discussed above, Appendix B is supposed to be the Interim Monitoring Reports, Appendix C is Phase /II Revegetation Bond Release Monitoring. There is nothing in Appendix B or C Appendix D is included, it is the TopsoiUSpoil Revegetation Study from 1979. After Appendix D there is another title page for Appendix B, this one is titled Permanent Seed Mixture Record. There is nothing in this Appendix. /t would be helpful to {wve the approved seed mix in an appendix with the approved seeding rates. (A copy of the seed mix was submitted with the 1995 Annual Reclamation Reporr). Appendix contains the Interseeding Minor Revisions. It is a good idea and very helpful to have these MR's here. In summary, the Appendices in Section 4.4 need to be included in the application and reorganized. The appendices in the CDMG's copies of the permit are correct, except for the second Appendix B, Permanent Seed Mixture Record. That title sheet should be removed. The sheet has been superseded and is not relevant to the currently approved permit application. The seed mixture shown in Table 4.4-2 is the approved mixture. Annual verification of the seed mixture is provided in the Annual Reclamation Report. No substitutions to the approved seed mixture have been or are anticipated to be necessary during the revegetation efforts at the