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construction? Will the Operator install the slurry wall and construct the embankment <br />for a particular pond prior to moving to the next pond? It may be helpful to conduct this <br />plan in phases in order to keep the financial warranty amount to a minimum. For <br />example, the Operator may want to finish construction of pond D1 and obtain Division <br />release prior to moving onto the next pond. Please provide a schedule for when <br />reclamation will be initiated and completed for each cell in the mining plan. <br />22.) On the "Summary Table of Changes to Exhibits", for the reclamation plan it lists <br />there will be an alternative reclamation plan. This plan is not included in the <br />Reclamation Plan narrative; however an alternative reclamation plan map was <br />submitted without embankments depicted around the reservoirs. Please clarify what <br />the alternative reclamation plan will be specifically and/or describe what impact you <br />believe it will have on the financial warranty amount. <br />6.4.6 EXHIBIT F - Reclamation Plan Map <br />23.) These maps must be signed by the registered land surveyor, professional engineer <br />or the qualified person who prepared the map. <br />24.) The expected physical appearance of the entire affected land after reclamation is <br />complete must be depicted on the map including the overburden stripping areas. <br />Please depict how the entire site will be reclaimed with contour lines with sufficient <br />detail so the direction and rate of slope can be determined. Please ensure the contour <br />interval is given on the map. <br />25.) Please clearly display the permit boundary. It is unclear where the permit boundary <br />will be located especially in the north and northwest portion of the permit area. <br />26.) Please portray the areas of the permit boundary that not be revegetated. <br />6.4.7 EXHIBIT G - Water Information <br />27.) There is not one cohesive ground water monitoring/mitigation plan designed for <br />this site. The current plans include installing monitoring wells and recharge ditches, and <br />mounding relief ditches for very specific portions of the permit area given the current <br />approved reclamation plan, and is not adequate for the new plans. Given the mining <br />and reclamation plan is changing significantly the Division will need one cohesive <br />updated ground water monitoring and mitigation plan. <br />Since dewatering will not begin in the cells until a slurry wall has been installed, impacts <br />from ground water drawdown are not likely outside of the slurry wall. However, the <br />applicant in previous correspondences with the Division has noted that groundwater <br />mounding problems may be associated with slurry wall installation. The Division agrees <br />with this analysis and has witnessed the impacts groundwater mounding and shadowing