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established vegetation in the rills, short length, minor down - cutting. As of this review, the Division has <br />not identified any areas of concern on the Southfield property. No gully formation on the Southfield <br />reclamation has been observed. <br />28. "Roads -Also when you have to guide people around the refuse pole so they don't get stuck -it is not a 2 <br />track road. The last one they put in dead ended so you had to backup and couldn't get out." <br />Answer: This concern is not specific to TR39. <br />In conversations Ms. Saunders has had with the Division, Janet, and Kent Gorham, Ms. Saunders has <br />voiced dissatisfaction with the design and maintenance of the two access roads at the coal refuse area. <br />The design of these two roads have been approved in the Southfield permit in accordance with Rule <br />4.03.3- Light -use roads, and are not currently approved to remain as permanent structures (Map 19). <br />They provide access to monitoring wells and connect to existing gravel roads that are blocked with locked <br />gates. The operator maintains these two roads in accordance with the approved mine plan. The Division <br />regularly uses these roadways during inspections without any difficulty. Ms. Saunders has repeatedly <br />complained to the Division about the "road" on the west side of the refuse pile. There is no approved <br />roadway on the west side of the refuse pile. People have used the approved collection ditch to drive <br />down, but this structure was designed, constructed and maintained as the "west refuse pile collection <br />ditch" and is not meant to be a road. There is a road running north -south on the west side of the fence <br />line on the west side of the refuse pile. Surface ownership map shows this existing road is not located on <br />the Vento property. Southfield has no requirement to construct or maintain a road on the west side of <br />the coal refuse pile. <br />29. "Water and Wells -Is there water in the mine. Please find out and what happens to it. There is not a 2010 <br />Hydrology Report for well testing on the website." <br />Answer: This concern is not specific to TR39. <br />The 2010 Annual Hydrology Report is in the DRMS laserfische system. The report was received on June <br />17, 2011. Groundwater data is included. Four Ground water wells are monitored: MW -16 -Jack O'Lantern <br />coal seam, MW -23 -Red Arrow coal seam, MW -65 -Jack O'Lantern coal seam, and MW -NW —Red Arrow <br />coal seam (mine void). The mine is not discharging so water in the mine pool stays in the mine or is part <br />of the groundwater. <br />Comments from Paula Coulter, one of the landowners in the Vento Group, e -mail received July 27, 2011. <br />30. "The condition of the roads is yet another issue to be attended to. Our requests for improvement of the <br />roads within our land to their original condition have been dismissed to this point." "I would like a <br />reporting regarding the ability to fully access our property on passable roads as we were able to do <br />previous to Energy Fuels lease of the land." <br />Answer: This concern is not specific to TR39. <br />See comments specific to item No. 28. If the landowner wishes roads to remain, the operator needs to <br />receive the request in writing, and the operator will need to submit a technical revision to the Division to <br />allow specific roads to remain as permanent structures. <br />Comments from Linda Saunders, one of the landowners in the Vento Group, e -mail received July 28, 2011. <br />