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Received <br />~i~ -~. <br />` ' HOM~E9lTAKE <br />X ~~ <br />ALBLfQUEBQLJE OFGICE <br />November 14, 2003 <br />Mr. Les Dobson, Acting District Ranger <br />San Juan /Rio Grande National Forest <br />13308 West Highway 160 <br />Del Norte, CO 81132 <br />a,rare,>=~eaoff~e <br />ONis~ of ylurerals b Geology <br />Alan D. Cox <br />Manager -Grants & <br />Southwest US. <br />~~~ <br />o`~s~ y <br />o, °`? ~~~ <br />o~ <br />,9~a <br />^x <br />~s <br />b <br />R~po~~ d~ <br />V 3 F~ <br />RE: Final Preliminary Assessment, Bulldog Mine Site r {~, - (~ 7 ~"' z-) S~ ~}~~ j ~,r.~ <br />Dear Mr. Dobson: <br />Homestake received a copy of [he Final Preliminary Assessment -Bulldog Mine Site ("PA") dated <br />December 3Q, 2002 through the Willow Creek Reclamation Committee ("WCRC"). Homestake <br />understands that the PA was prepared for the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region ("USFS") by <br />Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"). Homestake has reviewed the PA. As you <br />are aware, Homestake has conducted substantial additional reclamation activities at the Bulldog site <br />subsequent to the field visit conducted by SAIC in support of the PA. Thus, the site conditions have <br />changed considerably since the field visit. The purpose of this letter is to provide both general and <br />specific comments on, and correct statements in, the PA for the administrative record. Additionally, <br />this letter serves to update the USFS on the current status of reclamation activities a[ the Bulldog site. <br />As will become apparent, Homestake has addressed virtually all of the issues raised and <br />recommendations made in the PA through these additional reclamation activities. <br />General Comments <br />1. Although the PA is dated December 30, 2002, the field visit upon which the PA is based was <br />apparently conducted on November 20, 2001. Thus, the PA was issued over one year after the field <br />visit. As stated above, Homestake has completed substantial additional reclamation activities at the <br />Bulldog site since the field visit, including the following activities at the 9700 and 9360 waste rock <br />facilities and lower tailings facility: <br />9700 waste rock facility <br />Construction of a cutoff structure above the facility and installation of an HDPE bypass pipe to <br />route upstream flows in Windy Gulch through the facility without resulting in contact with the <br />waste rock. <br />Construction of a lined overflow channel on the facility. <br />