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M • <br />where onsite roads will be between the portal, dump and ore pile, and if waste rock will be placed in lifts from the <br />bottom, or dumped over the side from the top. Please clarify these items. <br />7. Please better describe the ore pad liner material, ore handling/storage on the pad, length of time ore will be <br />stored before export, control of drainage and leaching on the pad and ore pile, and methods of ore containerization <br />for hauling. <br />8. Please state where the portable mining facilities will be located and/or stored, during mining and between <br />mining periods. Since the equipment is presumed to be diesel-powered, please commit to providing adequate <br />secondary containment (such as impermeable lined berms) for any fuel or hydrocarbons stored onsite. <br />9. Which parameters are being considered for testing in the weekly water sanipling to be conducted? <br />10. Please describe the portable water treatment plant and treatment methods you referred to. <br />11. The settling basins referred to have no dimensions given nor representation of engineering analysis for their <br />adequacy. Are these natural basins? Are they part of the historic stream channel, as shown on the 1889 claim map? <br />Please provide more information about this, and the proposed pipeline meant to convey water to the basins. <br />l2. There is little topographical information given in the application, making it difficult to assess the need for <br />onsite runoff and sedimentation controls. Please better description of such in this exhibit, and depict any details on <br />the maps that follow. <br />Exhibit D -Reclamation Plan (Rule 6.3.4) <br />l3. Please describe how the sides of the waste dump will be shaped to 3:1 slopes, by fmal grading or during <br />placement in lifts. <br />f 4. The removal and disposal of the ore pad liner and discharge pipeline, and their associated costs, are not <br />addressed in the plan. Please provide such. <br />15. Please clarify what is meant by "enhancement materials" associated with the settling ponds. <br />16. Please clarify how it can be that the ore pile area will be the only disturbed area. Please be aware that all <br />activities carried out in association with this operation must be in the permit boundaries, and areas occupied by <br />roads, pipelines or equipment are considered disturbed. <br />17. Please provide better information about future underground openings, such as expected sizes, methods of <br />closure. Please ensure that all of these items are also accounted for in your reclamation costs. <br />Exhibit E -Maps (Rule 6.3.51 <br />18. There is no labelled permit area boundary, only the claim boundaries, which as stated above, do not describe a <br />9.84-acre permit area. Please add this information. <br />19. Since it could be that the proposed settling basins and/or the ore storage pad are in the former stream channel, <br />better depiction of runoff patterns and stormwater controls must be added to the maps. <br />20. If you plan to use the existing basins for the operation, please note that they are depicted outside the claim <br />boundaries. They must be shown to be within the 9.84-acre permit boundary, and you must obtain right-of--entry <br />from the BLM to use such lands outside the claims. Please clarify these items. <br />21. Please show all onsite roads, between the ore pad, the waste dump, the portal, the equipment storage areas, <br />structures, etc. Where the roads cross drainages (such as Red Cloud Creek), please show all bridges or culverts. <br />