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<br />Page 10 <br />ISSUES NOT PERTAINING TO A SPECIFIC EXHIBIT <br />1. "There is no adequate plan to control the spread of leafy spurge to locations off the mine <br />site." <br />(Fremont Co. Weed, Advisory Board. Fremont Co. S.C.D.) <br />Response -The applicant developed a plan to control leafy spurge. The individuals <br />providing this comment aze satisfied with the operator's plan. <br />ISSUES RAISED AFTER THE INITIAL COMMENT PERIOD <br />(During the Informal Conference and Amended Application Comment Periods) <br />Application Exhibit D -Mining Plan: <br />1. "What will prevent metals and mining debris from going into the Arkansas River?" <br />(J & L. Clark, M. Wilson) <br />Response - The Division assumes that the individual who submitted this comment is <br />referring to dissolved metals. The applicant's surface water sediment control plans, when <br />implemented, will prevent nearly all metals and debris from reaching live streams by surface <br />flow. The Division has not been able to determine that the mining operation will add metals <br />to the groundwater, as there is no significant metal-bearing rock that will be disturbed. <br />2. "There is a fault line in the immediate azea that might adversely affect the flow of the river. <br />Rivers have been known to disappear when fault line disturbances occur." <br />(G. Glab, M Glab) <br />Response -There is nothing proposed in the applicant's plan that would cause disturbance <br />to a fault line. <br />3. "There is real concern about the blasting destroying local aquifers and cutting off water to <br />dozens of household wells." - <br />(G. Glab, M Glab, B.B. Kreiger, Al L. McGlynn) <br />Response -Since it would take energy many magnitudes greater than any planned by the <br />