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2. • ~F3.) continued ,.r-- The gasoline stored in the tank is the landowners personal property to supply his automobile and garden tractor. The location of the tank will remain in an undisturbed area. 4.) The waste rock material (fines) were located unneces- sarily close to the drainageway. The problem was corrected on the day of my visit as part of the site preparation for the southern most detention pond. I was told today that the last of the material (fines) has been removed from the site entirely. Future development of fines will be stockpiled somewhere within the stockpile storage area as shown on the Mining Plan Map in such a manner to avoid migration to Red Canyon creek. I am confident that the sedimentation ponds will provide the necessary drainage control. 5.) As may be seen in the original mining plan narrative, the steep slopes in Phase 1 are virtually denuded of any topsoil material in the portion of the slope currently mined. (Please remember this is a very old quarry which was operated many years ago) There simply is no topsoil to be salvaged at this time on the rocky outcropping. When the activity shifts closer to the north boundary, topsoil material is to be found in small pockets on the lower slope, Any such top- soil material will be salvaged to the best of our ability on such steep terrain, and stockpiled in the extreme northwest corner of Phase 1 as shown on the Mining Plan Map. Please see the Niining Plan narrative for more details. 6.) Please see the map for a better perspective of the surface area actually disturbed. Based upon our actual measurements of the original site (9.95 acres before conver- sion to a 112, we estimate that not more than 8 to 9 acres are disturbed. Two matters contribute to the appearance of larger acreage. The first is the perspective from the low ground that views the high and very steep rocky outcropping as if it were laid out flat. From the top looking down one can better visualize how compact the area really is. The second problem is the fact that much of the recently dist- urbance due to blasting can hardly be distinguished from the area of old rubble and. rock fall caused by natural erosion. The horizontal distances involved of current mining activity were expanded primarily to include the location of the truck scale and related parking. I will be glad to meet you at the site for a more complete review of the boundary or acreage questions if necessary. Added comment: I plan to provide photographs of the correct- ive action taken. The possible violations you observed were caught and corrected in time to avoid serious damage to the stream or streambed of this normally dry creek (my visit was the first time I ever saw water cunning through the site) S' cerely cc: CSC Sand Company Donald A, Ra p