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2.05.4 <br />The Freeman Gulch fan site and light use road were constructed with <br />available material during 1999 as part of the Freeman Gulch Exploration <br />Plan, notice of intent number X -98- 217 -02 issued 9/11/98. To reclaim the <br />site and road, fill placed on the outslopes must be returned to the cut slopes. <br />Since the vent shaft pad is in a rock slide area and potentially unstable <br />slope, the pad will be reclaimed to approximate original contour after the <br />shaft is excavated and lined. The fill will be placed at or above optimum <br />moisture content and compacted to a density of at least 85% of the <br />maximum modified Proctor density. The light use road will be reclaimed <br />when the vent shaft in no longer required. Since topsoil was not salvaged <br />from the light use road or pad the road bed and pad will be ripped, plowed or <br />scarified prior to seeding to provide a suitable seed bed. The vent shaft pad <br />and light use road facilities are presented on Map 35 (Volume II) which also <br />presents the postmining topography of the pad and light use road. <br />The Hubbard Creek vent shaft and pad were constructed during 2007 and <br />2008. The area has been reclaimed to approximate original contour. <br />Approximately 1,450 cubic yards of topsoil has been replaced. As part of <br />construction of the Hubbard Creek vent shaft and pad, the Operator <br />relocated approximately 360 feet of Hubbard Creek Road at the request of <br />the Forest Service. This relocated segment of road will not be restored to its <br />original location, it will remain at the location shown on Map 18 -1. <br />The Terror Creek vent shaft and pad were constructed during 2010 and <br />2011. The site was constructed on a pad used to drill monitoring well TC -03- <br />03. The soil nail walls will not be removed, rather, fill placed on the <br />outslopes will be returned to the cut slopes (over top the soil nail walls), and <br />the site will be reclaimed to approximate original contour. See Map 18 -2 for <br />site specific reclamation contours and sections. <br />New light use roads will be reclaimed. Reclamation of the upgraded and <br />refurbished light use roads may involve narrowing the roads so they are <br />compatible with the postmining land use of rangeland and wildlife habitat <br />since roads are necessary to manage both land uses and a light use road <br />network was existing on the property prior to mining. <br />MR -128 2.05 - 65 - 01/13/12 <br />