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To: Kent Gorham From: Janet Binns CC: Dan Herna e ;. an_dy xown Date: August 4, 200 Re: Raton Creek Mine, C-1982-055, TR-22 Adequacy response review Energy Fuels submitted a reply on July 25, 2005, to The Division's adequacy letter, dated June 30, 2005. The following comments respond to EFC's July 25, 2005 response letter: Energy Fuels Coal, [nc. submitted revised Map "Reclamation/Pre-Disturbance Map (revised July 20, 2005). Please make the following additions to this map: a) Please revise the Legend Block to define: i. Blue hatching. There are arrows pointing to "Disturbed Pinyon Juniper" on the map, however one of the three arrows points to a white area of the map. ii. What the gray shading refers to. There are red shaded areas with arrows leading to "Disturbed grassland" text. Please include this definition of the red shaded areas in the legend block. b) In the Map legend block there are two delineations for pre-permanent program disturbance; one listed as "approximate extent of pre-law disturbance" and the other as "pre-mining Disturbance Limits". This is confusing. Please make it clear on the map and in the legend block which areas are considered previously mined lands in accordance with Rule 2.04.3(2) 2. EFC proposed a change to the reclamation success diversity standard. After discussion with the operator regarding the unsuitable proposed change, the operator responded with an a-mail message proposing the following reclamation success diversity standard: Grasses: At least 60% of the total allowable vegetative cover with no one grass species comprising more than 50 percent of the total allowable cover. Forbs: At least 10 percent of the total vegetative cover. As per the Guidelines, noxious species will not count towards the success standards. Upon receipt of revised permit page 522, the Division finds the proposed diversity standard acceptable. Please assure that EFC submit the revised permit page.