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Response to Technical Adeq~y Review, 19 March, 2001 • Page 2 Item no. 1 Issue: New Access Road CommenUdeficienc The road im rovements are inte rel to the minin activities Res onse The existing access road for Line Camp is considered inadequate and unsafe by the Colorado Department of Transportation, and that agency requested that the requested separate entrance to the pit (originally planned for the south end and planned to be entirely in the permit area) 6e relocated and combined with a relocated access to Line Camp itself. Although the new entrance will not be used for regular access to Line Camp while mining is underway, it will be used as the new permanent entrance, and provision of the entry to replace existing access both to Line Camp and to the field used for the pit is a requirement of both the CDOT and the landowner. Since these improvements are needed whether the mining is done or not, the mining is incidental to the improvements and a fortuitous event for the landowner. As discussed, we have included this land in the permit boundary, and modified the maps and other exhibits as appropriate to include these as permanent post-mining features. This increases the total permit area and affected area by approximately 1.2 acres. (In addition, based on other comments and suggestions, about 2.4 acres was added elsewhere. An amendment is therefore re wired and rovided. Item no. 2 Issue: Gravit drain i e CommenUdeficienc Please clarif the status Res onse As with the access road, the Applicant was providing information as to items which are to be existing at the time mining operations are to commence. The landowner is requiring that the applicant, prior to being allowed to begin any mining of his land, provide necessary improvements to his land to allow for continued operation of his irrigation system and to correct problems with returning carrier water to the Dolores River. Old ditches for return flows have been silted in and are not useable, and have created a problem with shallow flooding and excessive evaporation loss in recent years. The ditches were also not located at the lower end of the property and did not allow proper irrigation. This pipe, to be installed by Four States Aggregates before being allowed to do any mining, fixes these problems. Since it was not viewed as part of the mining operation for regulatory purposes, it is listed as a permanent structure within 200 feet of the affected lands, and therefore subject to compensation agreements. The pipe was originally scheduled for installation in the Fall of 2000, but was delayed due to weather and ground conditions. As discussed, an additional area of a roximatel 0.5 acres has been added to the ermit area to include land for this i e. Item no. 3 Issue: Road for landowner use after reclamation CommenUdeficienc The 1740' road is artiall outside the ermit boundaries. Res onse The location of the road has been chan ed to came corn letel within the ertnit boundaries. Item no. 4 Issue: Construction of feeder ditches CommenUdeficienc The ro osed ditches are not included in the ermit area. Res onse Rather than construct new ditches to feed the ponds, at least two of the existing feeder ditches will be restored from the permit boundary to the pond shore; the third (northernmost) ditch may either be restored or a new alignment used, based on coordination with the landowner. This had been taken into account in listing affected areas. Based on other recommendations, approximately 1.9 acres was added to the permit area by moving the western boundary to the right of way for Highway 145, thus including all portions of the feeder ditches and the Home Ditch itself inside the ermit area. Item no. 5 Issue: Owner's names on Exhibit C ma Comment/deficiency Please submit an Exhibit C map which shows...and owner's name, type of structures, and location... Res onse Exhibit C, Ma C-1, has been revised to show there nested information.