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Amendment <br />Subsequent to the submittal of the October Ore Pile Reclamation 110 (d) - M2008-050, the <br />BLM determined that a wooden shelter or "sweat lodge" (see Photograph 1) north of the ore pile <br />and a camp site/trash pile south of the ore pile may have cultural/historical significance and <br />have requested a cultural survey of the area. The ore truck turn-around has been moved to a <br />60 x 80 ft area west of the road and ore pile. Also, the planned reclamation of the site has been <br />revised to include moving soil from the bottom of John Brown Canyon only as a second <br />alternative if the surface under the October Ore Pile will not re-vegetate after scarification and <br />reseeding. <br />To address these two issues Nuvemco submits these amended pages (with headings in red <br />type) to the permit application. <br />Cultural <br />The BLM GJFO Archeaologist, Aline LaForge has examined the area and estimated that the <br />historic camp site included about 1.7 acres as shown on Figure 1. The October Ore Pile (0.35 <br />acres of disturbed area) is located within this estimated site boundary. At the request of the <br />BLM Nuvemco has contracted Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. to conduct a cultural <br />survey of the area. The BLM has also notified the Navajo Nation of a potential "sweat lodge" in <br />the vicinity of the ore pile. <br />Nuvemco's original plan of operation included turning ore trucks around on an existing county <br />road and turn-around loop in the vicinity of the trash pile - an area of previous mining camp and <br />recent hunter's camping location. To expedite commencement of the reclamation project, and <br />to avoid potential impacts to the historical site, Nuvemco proposes the following amendment: <br />1) Build a temporary barrier between the "sweat lodge" and ore pile to prevent any accidental <br />damage to the structure during the ore pile removal; <br />2) Construct a truck turn-around with dimensions of about 80 ft by 60 ft on a relatively flat area <br />west of the ore pile and historic site (see Figure 1.). This truck turn-around will add <br />approximately 0.11 acres to the disturbed area of the permit application, increasing the total <br />disturbance to about than 0.46 acres. The existing minimal soil in the area of the truck turn- <br />around will be stock piled during the October Ore Pile Reclamation and replaced over the <br />disturbed area subsequently; then re-vegetated with the approved seed mixture described in <br />Section 6.3.4(1)(c) of the application. <br />2