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Below are items to address the technical review of 28 May 2003 affecting Glacier Peak Mining, Permit Application M-2003-030. 15. 6.3.4 Eh') 3IBIT D - RLCLAMATTON PLAN 6.3.4 (I) (a) Overburden replacement Revise estimate of reclaimed area upwards to include reclamation of previously disturbed area4. Reclamation will reclaim approximately 1/5 of an acre (9,000 sq') of disturbed area each season. This includes the footprint for equipment being used, areas where topsoil was stored, prospects, previously disturbed azeas surrounding excavation sites, and the actual excavation. Actual excavations are about 3,000 sq' per year. Planned equipment for reclamation will primarily ronsist of the same equipment used during the actual excavation. The majority of work will be accomplished with amedium-size excavator such as a 370 C john Deere. Its design allows it to bring overburden, including rock, back up lull easily without a great deal of moving the equipment around. Atrack-loader with blade such as a 555 Jolut Dccre will be used to do final contouring and smoothing of the excavation and surrounding disturbed areas. The excavator will then be bA~ought back in to redistribute topsoil from the storage pile over the re- contoured surface. The loader will then be used to redistribute the topsoil and rake the azea. At this time, it will be reseeded and re-raked with the Ioader blade. We will hand rake as necessary to cover seed. If necessary we will re-grade an area ur use a spike scrocn to prepare the soil for reseeditag if the soil has become compacted. We can drag a spike screen with the same back hoe, such as a Case SIC 580 or an ATV or, if necessary, hand rake the area. The loader will be brought on site only during the actual reclamation, usually a single day. Otherwise, other equipment on site will be the excavator or a back hoe which will be on site during the entire excavation. Our original proposal indicated a time line through 2018 with final reclamation completed on Qui-Buc No, 2 that year. Total disturbance over the 15 years was projected to be slightly under 3 acres. This included equipment footprints, storage areas, some reclamation of curtrtrtly disturbed areas, and prospecting. On average, we would disturb or reclaim previously disturbed areas at a rate of 1!5 of an acre per year. Alter the first ycnq each site is reclaimed until at the end of 2018, we would have reclaimed and reseeded our .final pazcel, As a result of removing Qui-Buc No. 2 this would reduce the total dish,rhed area by 2/5 of an acre. Total disturbed and reclaimed azeas for this permit would now be 2.6 acres, I would leave it at 3 acres. I would plan on reclaiming additional disturbed areas near our proposed excavation sites, particulazly on the Smoky Hawk where most of 3 acres is currently disturbed. Dascd on this, bond estimation should he for 1/5 of an acre during any one year.