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<br />Mr. James Cowart <br />December 17, 1997 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />letter must first be met before using any dump material as <br />rock cover over the tailings surface. Any offsite sources of <br />fill material will need to be identified and approved by the <br />DMG prior to use. If the DMG identifies the offsite material <br />as being potentially acid forming, material characterization <br />may be required. <br />3.4 Land Application System - This task meets the requirements of <br />the approved reclamation plan. <br />3.5 As discussed in section 3.3 above, characterization criteria <br />for borrow source areas were discussed in Allen Sorenson's <br />letter dated May 19, 1995. The source areas were identified <br />in the operator's adequacy response letter dated June 1, 1995. <br />These include an area above the pond embankment, the White <br />Cloud, Wynona and Oscar mine dumps. Any variations from the <br />approved characterization criteria and borrow sources must <br />first be approved by the DMG. <br />Reclamation of the Wynona waste rock area is discussed in the <br />operator's letter of June 1, 1995. Reclamation in the borrow <br />areas must meet the reclamation performance standards of Rule <br />3.1 of the Hard Rock Rules and Regulations and includes <br />grading to 3:1, covering with topsoil, and revegetation. <br />3.6 This is adequate. <br />3.7 The approved plan requires that all monitoring wells be <br />properly abandoned. This is discussed in DMG letters and <br />operator responses between March 27, 1995 and June 1, 1995. <br />There are additional tasks required in the approved reclamation <br />plan which have not been addressed in the conceptual plan. These <br />include the following: <br />a) Ore Storage Area and Ramp -Regrading to 3:1, addition of <br />liming agent to acid generating material, covering with <br />topsoil and revegetation. <br />b) The operator committed to removing the water supply pipelines <br />from Left Hand Creek and the Time Mine. If these lines are <br />adequately buried, the ends can be removed and the lines <br /> <br /> <br />