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22. Response adequate. 23. Response adequate. Exhibit F -Reclamation Plan Mao 24. The Reclamation Plan Map pond embankments are denoted as varying in grade, but contours do not change. Please revise the contours to show the undulations of shallow graded slope portions. Please include a north arrow, and delineate which areas are not to be vegetated. For the areas not to be vegetated, specify what stabilization will be completed. Exhibit G -Water Information 25. Please include, on the Reclamation Plan Map, the wells that are to remain in the permit area after mining and reclamation are completed. Additionally, The Contingency Plan refers to wells MW-5 and MW-7. MW-5 is not located on the permit maps, though there is an MW-5EP which appears to be in the location shown as MW-5 on the Contingency Plan map. There is both an MW-7 and an MW-7EP on the permit maps. Please clarify what wells are being referred to in the contingency plan and ensure they are properly and consistently identified on the permit maps and in the permit text. 26. Thank you for including the location of the northern boundary drainage ditch and southern boundary berm. However, it is not a good idea to mix stormwater, from upgradient areas of the pit, with stormwater from the mining operation that is directed to the sediment pond. Please include an upland diversion berm on the north side of the northern drainage ditch that directs upland drainage away from the mining operation. This is especially important given that the upgradient areas are potentially contaminated on the surface. Additionally, please explain why a 2 foot berm is necessary along the south permit boundary when this boundary is already built up with a much larger perimeter berm with a road on it. 27. Response adequate. 28. Response adequate. 29. Response adequate. However, the permit must be revised to indicate that the operator will submit documentation that the trenches and sediment pond have tested "clean", and receive DMG approval of that documentation, prior to dewatering the pit into these structures. 30. Response adequate. However, a small spillway should be incorporated into the west side of the sediment pond so that any pump shutoff sensor malfunction will not result in an inadvertent discharge, but would just recycle the overflow back into the pit. 31. The NPDES permit, though it is in the landowner's name, indicates that it is specific to the gravel mining operation. If this is the case, and the permit will be terminated when mining and reclamation are complete, then the riprap apron to be constructed at ouffall 001 must be included in this permit. In this case; an amendment to this application must be filed to incorporate the apron into the affected area. All notices will need to be re-delivered and/or republished and all review timeframes will begin anew. If this permit can be used by the landowner, for operations other than the gravel mining operation, then the apron is considered to be the landowner's and will not be required to be included in this reclamation permit.