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Roads and Vent Holes Maw Fi ure Z The naming and descriptions provided for the active vent holes and their surrounding areas is valuable and will be used in future monitoring and bond recalculating. The bond amount will depend on the size and amount of disturbance and method of closure to be used. Some of the vent holes aze now fenced, which, while that is probably only temporary, is important in hazard mitigation. Future discussion may have to include clarification of required closure or safeguarding for each of the active, permitted holes. Vent hole S-2 is depicted in its own separately-delineated area, which adjoins the main mine/portal area Please explain. Map depictions of all electric poles and overhead lines, all transformers and power drops, plus information as to their ownership is important. Thank you for committing to follow-up with the electric provider concerning getting answers to the last few ownership questions. Some of the poles and lines appear to be in inaccessible locations. We should discuss the final reclamation of these features, as far as their removal, etc., in figuring the bond amount. The roads are now all accounted for. Some of them are county maintained, and others are the responsibility of the operator. Thank you for performing some necessary maintenance last November. Other roads have been marked on the map as being reclaimed or self-reclaimed. All these roads will be checked during future inspections to ensure that they aze stable and/or meet the reclamation specifications. Ones to remain active must be kept up so as not to damage adjacent areas. Reclaimed ones, if they will not be used again in the future,may be deleted from the list of items to reclaim and from the bond amount. Weedy, eroded or unstable roads will not be considered reclaimed. There was a fenced electric station neaz the pump hole and power drop observed during a recent inspection. No fence or station was shown on the new map. Are those items now removed? Several various pre-law vent holes are shown and described. Pre-law features on the site or in the vicinity, which have not been redisturbed in any way since the issuance of the permit, are not liable for reclamation. They are variously noted as marked, fenced, or loosely covered. Though they are pre-law, they may present hazards which should be addressed, though redisturbing areas simply to gain access to them may not be desireable. Is there any thought as to providing a welded closure, concrete plug, or other type closure for any of them? There is an 18-inch vent hole shown, under the powerline which extends up from the old Sunday portal It lies outside the affected area boundary, and it is not clear if it is pre-law or not. Please provide clarification. The last item included on the map, which is a good addition, is a list of the sites and their disturbed acreages. Sunday Mine Map -Figure 3 You provided description of the closure of the two portals, one temporary and one permanent, as well as the clean up of the parts and contamination. This will aid greatly in future bond calculations. Discussion of final reclamation for this area must include which structures, if any, will remain after reclamation. Assuming buildings will be demolished, will concrete foundations be broken and pushed into a pit, or broken and covered in place? There is a small pile of low grade ore presently on the site. Its location is considered stable for the short-term. During final reclamation, however, the question remains of haw and where it will be disposed of. There is a very small stockpile of topsoil on the site. As dump areas expand or new areas are disturbed, all possible available topsoil should be salvaged. Topsoil is presently in short supply, and it is logical to want to verify whether waste rock or other non-soil materials will support vegetation. Depending on analysis of various materials which