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topsoil storage represent approximately 0.42 acres disturbance. Site A (lower <br />excavation) is about 0.24 acres. Site B is a small pit, about 0.08 acres. The berm, storage <br />platform areas, washing area, and screening area represent another 0.06 acres. The <br />existing logging roads represent 0.25 acres. The Forest Service Road 211 and the turnout <br />are an additiona10.23 acres. This acreage amounts to 0.96 acres of the 4.5 permitted <br />acres presently disturbed. ' <br />Additionally, numerous high graders have been entering the site and digging holes. This <br />disturbance may exceed 0.15 acres. All will be reclaimed as mining progresses. <br />A natural disturbance occurred during July 2006. The intermittent stream bordering the <br />west edge of the properties experienced flash-flooding. Huge quantities of sediment <br />filled the old channel, expanding outwards about 40 yards across and covering F.S. Road <br />21 I . Flash flooding occurred for over a quarter mile up the channel. Silt and debris <br />covered to within a foot of the tops of the fence line bordering the road. This flash <br />flooding did not enter the disturbance area under this permit. <br />Reclamation Accomplished durin 2g 007: <br />Nearly all the miscellaneous wood and garbage left by the previous operator was <br />removed from site. One wood platform was dismantled. Much of the downed timber was <br />cut and hauled away. Some reseeding was accomplished on the topsoil storage piles, <br />particularly where claim jumpers have continued to dig. <br />All dangerous pits where unauthorized digging has occurred were filled and temporarily <br />reseeded. <br />Reseeding accomplished during fall 2006 is doing well except for areas re-dug by claim <br />jumpers. <br />Previous :ieclamation 2006 and Prior: <br />The area in which the pipe was laid has been reclaimed. No other reclamation is apparent. <br />The topsoil storage pile and approximately one acre of relatively barren ground was <br />reseeded during fall, 2006. <br />Proposed 2008 Operations <br />Operations will consist of mostly hand digging and some work with a small backhoe. <br />Hand digging will occur during late April with some work being accomplished <br />throughout the summer. <br />Mechanized work will occur during late September and early October. The current <br />excavation at Site C will be extended north and east approximately 1,600 square feet. <br />