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<br />Kc°: 141+'+nnistin f'r,al Con+pany LLC (MCC), West Llk 1Vlinc; ;Hermit Na. C-80-007; Technical icvision
<br />hl+t. J(i ('E'it-9(i), Alclhane C)rainage Well ~1V1D\~+) Drilling Project Plan, Panels 1G-24, MCC
<br />' ~4ddit iaral Responses to the UShS Comments of,Tuly Z9, 2002.
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<br />nlouui;+in t"unl Comp;ury, L.L.C. is submitting fire attached u~fonnation to address the USFS comments
<br />tc4;:uthti.; the apptvvul af'I'erhnical lcvision No. 96, addressed in their letter addressed to you dated July 29,
<br />2p~;+:+. 'ft+ese arc the points made in the horest Service letter to CDMG;
<br />MC'C' l+as subutitted a "2002 Decision Mali' and a "TR-9G map". The 2002 Decision Map shows tt,c
<br />+, umlmnCnts of 7'1:-96 for which the GMUG has completed a NEYA ailalysls and issued a decision. The
<br />I It•')(+ rnap shows drill sites and road ali~lnlcnis for methane drainage wells (MDWs) ] 8-03, 1$-04, ] 9-
<br />G•1, I 0-OS/(SG, 20-04/(15, 21-05/06, 21-07/22-07, 22-08 and 21-08. Thcsc MD~'Vs and associates access
<br />v, crc sp,;ci Gr.,ttlly c;xchid.o~} from our 17N/FONSI, with the decision regarding these being deferred mail
<br />;++Iditionai field work. could be completed (DN/ItON51, page 5). We anticipate completing the needed
<br />tit !d work t}tis s^rtuncr, and assessing whcihcr additional NLPA documentation is required stud/or
<br />i..:euir+`; a second (lecision in the fall.
<br />?. 1;olh maps show the Sylvester Gulch Road (temled the Sylvester Road in DN/FONSI) in the bottom of
<br />fir.: drainage. 'fhc associated text also refers to this road being in the bottom. The GMUG has formally
<br />ruicCtctf this proposed road aligtmicnt, as was conveyed in our May G, 2002 letter to the Division. 1'hc
<br />c:n runt status of this proposed road is that the GMUG has been working with MCC to fand an alternate
<br />rliynmont, "1'he inlralt at this point is io evaluate soveral alibmmcnis and assess the most feasible route,
<br />II+~ n ::valuate whcihcr the EA adequately addressed effects of the route selected.
<br />3. tbl~lur the BC 1C1111t~; SCJRI~ACB TOPOGRAPT~IY, the text refers that the project area watercourses do not
<br />(]ow year round. In file EA it was identified that Dccp Crock is a perennial stream.
<br />4. l outer thr 114aQittg SOTLS and PRE DRLLLING ACT1V1'1'IES, fife text refers to MDW drill pads being
<br />?(ii) fret l,y 200 feet. The EA assr~med (per MCC) that the drill pads would be 100 feet by 200 feet.
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