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The maps are to be prepared by a person qualified to do so, and signed by that qualified person. There is no name of such person or any signature on either of the maps. As noted above, the acreage figures included on the maps are unclear. It is not clear if the permitted acreage is to be the same as the property acreage, or if any of the rights-of--way are to be permitted. If you include acreages on the maps, please identify what they are, such as "permitted area" acreage, "affected area" acreage, etc. If a revised map is submitted, please label these. Otherwise, please clarify these acreage figures in a brief statement. If there are to be any setback distances (land left unmined or unaffected) from the perimeters or significant stmctures, please indicate what they are. This could include buffers to protect the roads, fences, tree plantings, powerlines, houses, etc. These could be provided in the form of a narrative, but probably are better provided on a map. This information is requested below also. Topographic information is not shown on the large map, though it is included on the small location map on the same map sheet. Normally it is preferred to have either spot elevations or contour lines on the large map, so that adequate indication of the drainageways and direction and rate of slope of the land may be seen. It appears that the small map's representation of the topography may be sufficient in this case, however, due to the fact that the site is nearly level (I see about ten feet of elevation difference between the SW and NE comers.) If this USGS information is correct, no further topographic information is required. The map lacks a labelled permit area boundary line. It is not clear if it is the same as the property line, or located along an easement line or phase line. Please clarify either through a revised map or a brief statement. The names of adjacent landowners (with attached list of addresses) do not appear to cover all properties within 200 feet of the site. Please provide the necessary names, etc., of the owners of the land to the northwest (in the NE l/4 of Section 34) and to the southwest (NE 1/4 of Section 3). Likewise, please ensure that all applicable features are depicted and identify the names of the owners of these other structures or easements, such as State highways and county roadways, ditches and canals, fencelines, power and communication lines (underground and overhead), wells and recharge pits, houses and outbuildings, and pipelines. I will comment more on this under Exhibit S. The map shows the permit area divided into eight blocks of land, each identified with a phase number. At first reading, it seems that the phases are to be mined in the order of the phase number sequence. Please clarify if that is the case. Also, because of the significant size of each of the phases, please indicate the direction of mining in each phase. Responses to these questions are important for their impact on calculating the bond amount. Phase 1 is shown with a pit, but none of the others are similarly depicted. By your narrative in Exhibit D, I assume that mining may occur in all eight phases, but it is not clear if mining each phase will result in eight little pits or one large pit. Please clarify. In conjunction with clarifying the questions in the preceding two paragraphs, please indicate the stockpiling locations for pitrun, product, and topsoil in each of the phases. What is meant by the line dividing Phase 8 into halves? Is the area on which the house and shop are located not to be mined? The mining timetable in Exhibit D indicates that it is to be mined, but the Reclamation Map in Exhibit F indicates that it is not to be mined. Please clarify. Please explain the label "Wildlife Habitat Area" shown in Phases 5, 7 and 8. Is that area a wildlife habitat and/or vegetated differently at the present time, or is that a designation for a future post-mining time? Does that label refer to only those phases, or to which part of the permit area? Please clarify.