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/_ 1 UsDA`rUUnited States Forest fr..�. Department of Service Agriculture Ouray Ranger District 2505 South Townsend Montrose, CO 81401 970 - 240 -5300 FAX: 970 - 240 -5367 File Code: 2810 BOB OSWALD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST 1313 SHERMAN ST RM 215 DENVER CO 80203 Dear Bob, Date: April 28, 2015 RECEIVED L_- !AY 0 8 2015 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION To' MINING AND WETY We received a notice from DRMS concerning Amendment AMO1 to Permit Number M- 2012 -032,A Revenue Mine, pertaining to the removal and processing of low grade ore and tailings from Governor Basin. The Forest Service is involved because of our authority on the Governor Basin road (haul route -see attached map of the Governor Basin Road), and because there are two slivers of ore /tailings material located on National Forest System (NFS) land lying within the proposed permit boundary. Those slivers are located on Revenue's unpatented mining claim RV -13 (see attached map USFS -1). We have responded directly via letter dated April 20, 2015 to Ms. Dianna Stoopnikoff of Fortune Minerals Limited, about the need for the FS to conduct an Environmental Analysis if the materials situated on the unpatented claims are included in the mining proposal. The company submitted a response to us dated April 22, 2015, stating that at this time, they are not interested in removing the material located on NFS land. Accordingly, we request that the permit boundary be amended to exclude those two areas. We also request that measures be taken to identify the FS /private boundary across the material, and that protection be done to ensure the material remaining on NFS land is not left with a steep cut and more prone to erosion. We will also require the mine to obtain a Road Use Permit for use of the Governor Basin Road throughout the hauling and reclamation phases. The RUP will include maintenance requirements throughout the use of the road, a performance bond, and requirements for liability insurance naming the US Government as an Additional Insured, with respect to use of the road. We also have a question about a statement made in the Environmental Protection Plan page T -106 which discusses diverting water from the Humbolt Mine Discharge and Saint Sophia's Basin runoff. The Plan states those water will be re- routed. The sampling locations for those sites appear to be located on NFS land. Our April 20 letter to the company asked for clarification, but the April 22 response did not specifically address our question concerning the locations for where the diversions would take place, and the reason for diverting those waters since they appear to join the main drainage below the permit boundary. s �^` Caring for the Land and Serving People Printed on Recycled Paper 1�