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there is no more available fill material on the site. The operator has agreed to install a fence along the lower slope of the upper bench to provide for public safety (TR-07 response, December 1994). Photographic evidence taken prior to Twin Pines No. 2 operations at the sales site also indicates that a highwall existed prior to the current operation. The highwall is the old entrance to the Twin Pines No. 1 Mine, which predates SMCRA law. The operator has committed to backfilling and grading the access ramp and highwall as available material allows, utilizing a total of 7,500 cubic yards of fill for reclamation of this slope and highwall face. The 7,500 cubic yards includes the amount of 6,000 cubic yards of material to be utilized from apre-law overburden pile adjacent to the mine. TR-07 includes incorporating this pile, located at the far southwestern corner of the sales site, into the permitted acreage. Revegetation Prior to seeding, the overburden from the Lewis Gulch Fill will be sampled to determine the need for soil amendments, per permit requirements. The upper bench, mine bench, refuse pile, and Lewis Gulch sideslopes (resultant footprint from the removal of the fill and lower sediment pond) and topsoil footprints will all be seeded and mulched according to the commitments in the permit application, with seeding at a rate of 32.0 lbs. PLS/acre. At the sales site, the entire area will be scarified, seeded, and mulched after backfill and grading of the ramp/highwall. This will proceed once the tipple removal is complete. The sediment pond will remain until removal is approved, with all surface drainage for the sales site to be routed through the pond. Since the site was disturbed prior to the current mine's operation, there is no topsoil available for reclamation except the 90 cubic yards excavated for the pond construction. The 90 cubic yards of topsoil will be used to reclaim the pond. The operator is in the process of investigating leaving the pond as a permanent structure for stock watering purposes. If this is approved, then the 90 cubic yards of topsoil will be available for reclamation use. Silt fences will be placed along the hillslopes of the Lewis Gulch Fill and Golden Quality tipple, around the topsoil footprints, and outlining the reclaimed portal bench area for 1,000 linear feet. An approved seed mix will be used throughout these areas. The seed mix is found on page 88a of the permit application. The seed will be "walked in" with the grousers of a dozer. Mulch will be applied. A rill and gully plan has been provided, and can be found on page 88a of the permit application. Water Rights and Water Users A c~,mmary of the water rights and users in the vicinity of the mine can be found on page 95 of the permit application. In brief, Oak Creek is the only perennial stream that could be affected by mining, and it is located one mile north from the sales office site. South Oak Creek, an ephemeral channel, is adjacent to the sales area. Berms have been built and buffer zone signs established along this creek's slopes. The town of Rockvale obtains its water source upstream from the mine via a series of seven alluvial infiltration wells and tunnels. No mining itnpact is expected nor has any occurred. One private well exists downstream 15