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Bob Oswald Re: PRELIMINARY Sunday Maps Page 4 of 5 align drainages from the hand-drawn topos with the drainages on the topo base from the USGS Quad sheets. Obviously, slight rotation of the tunnel site claim boundary greatly impacts the relation of the Affected Area boundary to the actual disturbed area. I did not present the polygon shape that was submitted by IUSA to the Division in 1998, as there is no documentation or basis for that boundary. Cleazly we need to determine how to address the Affected Area boundary issue for the West Sunday Mine. Once we have established the Affected Area boundary, I can arrange to get this boundary marked in the field. 7. TOPAZ MINE, PERMIT M-1980-055, 1" = 100'. As noted for the Carnation and St. Jude Mines, the Affected Area corners shown on the Topaz Mine map will be marked in the field, as requested by the Division. 8. GMG MINE, SUNDAY MINE PERMIT, M-1977-285, 1" = 100'. Since the GMG Mine is now considered a "remote site" under the Sunday Mine Permit, I have included a separate map of this site. As you have noted in your correspondences, we will need to determine what aspects of the GMG mine site have been "re-affected" and aze now therefore included as additional obligations under the Sunday mine Permit. The map that is provided shows the entire GMG Mine site. This map is not intended to represent that Affected Area that has been impacted by operations following the issuance of the Permit in 1977. I wish to reiterate that the maps submitted herewith are Preliminary and are considered "working maps" only. As we have established, there are number of open items that need to be resolved so that IUSA can prepaze maps that completely and accurately depict site conditions for each Permit. I hope proceeding in the current manner is more effective that having IUSA submit maps that might require substantial revision and modification. The materials submitted herein aze not a formal response to the Division Inspection Reports and follow-up correspondences addressing current Permit problems. As soon as we can finalize the maps, I will prepare a formal response, including the final maps, that addresses all of the outstanding comments and problems noted in past Inspection Reports and correspondences. I understand that IUSA also needs to provide final reclamation maps for each of the Permits. This can only be addressed after I complete finalizing all of the current status maps for each Permit.