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Your plan also states that some of the existing dump material will be removed to determine if it has any <br />"values." How much do you plan to remove? Will this removal be performed on the pad surface, and/or <br />result in a pit or trench to be backfilled? <br />Please state whether the underground extension work you propose will involve drilling and blasting. <br />Extension of the drift will generate waste rock, which will need to be placed. Please clarify if it will be <br />disposed of underground or brought out to the pad. Please be aware that all mineralized material that is not <br />removed for assay should be replaced underground at the conclusion of the project to prevent it from <br />weathering and leaching in the future. All inert material brought to the surface should be placed in a stable <br />location and configuration. <br />The NOI does not state whether there will be any temporary structures built on the site, such as a portal <br />shed or shelter or storage structure. If there is to be a structure on the site please describe it, and show it on <br />the map. Also please state whether it is to be removed during reclamation. <br />The access to the site is to be via existing trail, mainly across land managed by the US Forest Service <br />(USFS), and patented claims owned by other parties. Have you contacted the USFS to inquire about the <br />need for an access permit? <br />You plan to access the site via OHV, which will require more than a foot- or horse - trail. This office does <br />not know whether the existing trail is currently wide enough to allow access by OHV. Will any significant <br />trail improvements be required? Please be aware that if you need to significantly widen, realign or change <br />the grade of the trail to support your project, those "improved" segments of the trail must be included in <br />the total affected area, and may also require reclamation at the conclusion of the project. Please see Rule <br />5.3.1(c). <br />During and after the project, the underground mine opening must be safeguarded (per Rule 5.3.1(f)). Your <br />plan states that bat bars will be installed during reclamation. How do you plan to safeguard the opening <br />during the prospecting phase? In order for us to evaluate the bat bar closure, please describe the size of the <br />opening to be closed. Is there competent rock at the portal brow to bolt the closure to? <br />Your responses maybe brief, but please be clear in your descriptions, as it will help us to evaluate the <br />project, its affected area, and the reclamation costs. <br />For all submittals, please provide two sets (hard copies) of each item, by sending them to me at the <br />Division's Durango Field Office: 691 CR 233, Room A -2, Durango, CO 81301. Please include the file <br />number shown above on all submitted materials. <br />If you have any questions you may reach me at the Durango Field Office (see address in preceding <br />paragraph) or by phone: 970 - 247 -5193, or 303 - 866 -3567 ext 8175. <br />Sincerely, <br />Bob Oswald <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Cc: Steve Shuey, DRMS Grand Junction <br />(c: \12 -03 docs \Wasatch NOI par /rco) <br />