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§2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES - <br />MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br />5. All materials, parked machinery and other debris was removed from <br />the West Portal Bench. <br />Backfilling and Grading <br />1. The ventilation shaft was completely filled in 2000 and then refilled <br />after settling in 2002. <br />2. The mine adits were backfilled during 2000. The method for sealing <br />these openings are shown in Volume 6A -Final Abandonment tab, <br />Figure 2.05-6. <br />3. The West Mine Portal Bench was backfilled with material taken from <br />the East Roatcap Creek Fill, and then topsoil was applied to the <br />reclaimed areas that are restored to Approximate Original Contours and <br />will not be re-disturbed. <br />4. The West Mine Sedimentation Pond was reclaimed and replaced by <br />two new sedimentation control ponds, W-1 and W-2 as interim <br />sedimentation control features. <br />5. The West Mine Access Road (that portion that crossed East <br />Roatcap Creek) was reclaimed and returned to Approximate Original <br />Contours in 2002. <br />6. The Pre-mining public access road along lower East Roatcap Creek <br />was restored during the restoration of Approximate Original Contours <br />along the east side of the creek through the East Roatcap Creek Fill. <br />7. The BLM's letter dated December 16, 2003, pages 60i and 60ii, <br />clarifies a number of issues regarding the reclamation work completed <br />during 2002 as follows: <br />a. (Item 4) The road leading from the Steven's Gulch road to <br />the former West Mine portal gate should be left in place as is. <br />The Operator will maintain this section of road though <br />11/06/2016 in accordance with BLM right-of-way COC-42656. <br />b. (Item 8) The upper segment of the historic East Roatcap <br />Creek road does not need to be reestablished as a road. <br />c. (Item 9) The Steven's Gulch Allotment Stock Trail does not <br />need to be returned to a historic pre-mine portal location. The <br />lower portion of the stock trail needs to be completed to provide <br />a continuous trail back to the historic East Roatcap Creek road. <br />TR-43 60-a 01 /04 <br />PPRoV€D <br />z~zo/o y <br />