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With respect to the scope of the specific proposed project area, a review of the above documents indicate no resource conflicts necessitating extraordinary mitigation measures other than spring nesting bird surveys. Description of Site Construction, Operation and Reclamation Activities. "Light Use" Access Roads The project will be very similar to that which had previously taken place for borehole sites installed for the now closed Sanborn Creek Mine and initial sites for the Elk Creek Mine. The sites will be accessed via the pre-existing Bear Creek ranch/powerline road or the Hubbard Creek County road and further onto the upland ridges of these drainage basins. The Bear Creek road currently has existing culverted crossings in place which will be used for safe passage of equipment. The existing road alignments will not require modification. Required road maintenance will generally include grading the road to provide a smooth operating surface, clean-out and repair of any existing drainage structures and application of temporary drainage control measures (berms, straw bales, silt fences, gravel surfacing, etc.), as necessary. New light use road segments will be constructed using sidecast construction techniques, field fitted as conditions require, cutting and filling as needed to achieve a typical road width of approximately an average of 12 feet. New segments of exploration road will be required to access eight (8) of the proposed project sites As shown on the attached Map 2.05-M1, Sheet 6 of 6, GENERAL FACILITIES, GOBVENT BOREHOLES and the TABLE 1 -PROJECT SUMMARY below, these new road segments range from approximately 50' to 870' in length for a total estimated combined distance of 2,132' of new temporary road construction. Existing segments of unclassified forest road will be utilized to access three (3) of the proposed project sites. A total of approximately 4,400' of existing unclassified road will be utilized to access these sites. Five of the sites will be accessed by reopening 4,350' of former coal exploration road (access to former sites ECM-03-011 and ECM-03-010) reclaimed in 2003 after exploration operations were completed. Drill Site Construction -The eleven(11) boreholes proposed in this program can be summarized by the following TABLE 1 -PROJECT SUMMARY. 6