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Terry Winters P- 2011 -028 September 14, 2011 Page 13 that has occurred during the preceding year. If this NOI application is approved, the applicant will be required to supply the following information to the Division in the annual report: a.) The location of each test hole. This information will need to be reported in latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds or in decimal degrees to an accuracy of at least 5 decimal places. The locations may also be recorded in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. If UTM coordinates are used, you must identify what North American Datum (NAD) was used to log the location coordinates. b.) Photographs of each test hole location prior to excavation and after the hole has been backfilled and reclaimed. This will ensure prospecting activity is occurring and will document reclamation has occurred at each prospecting site over the life of the operation. c.) A description of the reclamation that occurred at each test hole during the year. d.) An updated map showing the location of all test holes excavated and reclaimed to date. Please commit to complying with Rule 5.6 for the annual report and the requirements discussed above. 15.) Item 10 on page 6 of the application requires the applicant to describe how the excavations and other disturbances will be reclaimed. Instead, your response to this item is a discussion of the pre- existing mining and prospecting features on the site. Please specifically state how you intend to backfill the test holes and redistribute the topsoil over the hole. 16.) Also for Item 10 and 12, please indicate how the processing area will be reclaimed after the prospecting operation is complete. If vegetation and soil will be disturbed as a result of processing, the applicant will be required to revegetate the area. If so, please indicate how the processing area will be prepared for planting and provide the following information: a.) Indicate if the soil will be scarified. b.) Indicate if soil amendments (fertilizer) will be used. c.) If mulch will be applied to the processing area, indicate the type and the amount to be used. d.) Provide a seed mixture and seeding rates to revegetate the processing area if vegetation will be disturbed at the processing area. The local Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) office should be able to provide you with an appropriate seed mixture for the area. Financial Warranty 17.) The Division will estimate a cost to reclaim the site based on the application and your response to the review issues above. The financial warranty may or may not exceed $2,000 per acre of affected land depending on the Division's cost estimate. Please be reminded that prospecting operations may not commence until the issues are addressed and the bond is submitted and approved by the Division.