Road/Trail No. Update mailing address NA NA No comment given just information gathering No comment given just information gathering

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1 Table 1. Southern Star Analysis of 30-day Scoping Letter No. Name Affiliation Comment Category* Comment* Site-Specific Request 1 Gloria Hall Information 2 Margie Green land owner Information Kittitas County Community 3 Doc Hanson Development Information Road/Trail No. Update mailing address IDT Response* Unable to contact - In travel status Resource Area* 4 Doug Campbell USFS retired Mining The reclamation bond should be "made far in excess of what you or they think it will cost" Bonding Currently all reclamation bonds for mines on the National Forests are compiled in accordance with the "Training Guide for Reclamation Bond Estimation and Administration." USDA-FS April This guide was established to ensure actual costs to reclaim a site are established. The Guide also recommends the bond be reviewed for adequacy every five years or less. 5 Ken Boles Information All environmental laws for water and fish are met for location, construction, maintenance of this operation. Environmental Law 36 CFR Requirements for environmental protection requires that mining operations are in compliance with evironmental laws.

2 6 Joanna Markell 7 No name Ellensburg Daily Record NW Gold and Gem Prospectors Information Mining This mining project has waited 9 years to be anaylized. Hopefully the operator has not died yet. What is the mineral being mined? No 8 Laran Wanacheck Opinion Supports the project 9 Howard Briggs Opinion No problem with the project. an article on legistlation Information 10 Edwin Levesque Miner Information pending. a copy of a paper written by Information 11 Edwin Levesque Miner Information Clark Pearson. A reclamation permit may be required if: (i) More than three acres of disturbed area Total acres of disturbance The project is less than 2 acres. 12 Eli Newby Washington Department of Natural Resources Mining (ii) Surface mined slpes greater than 30' high and steeper than 1:1 slope. (iii) More than one acres of disturbed area within an 8 acres area, when the disturbed area results from mineral prospecting or exploration activities. Slopes Total acres of disturbance No slopes greater than 30' and steeper than 1:1 are proposed. The project is less than 2 acres.

3 Project Description A full project description is needed. The EA should included in the project description the full footprint of the operations, any temporary activity areas, and areas of indirect impacts such as potential erosion or sediment discharge areas. The project desription will be in the EA. The EA should also fully evaluate what habitats the project footprint is impacting and quatify those imapcts as part of the EA. Disturbances are planned such as a exploring a new tunnel area, building a new road and building or expanding on waste rock stockpile locations, staging areas and a

4 Timing Timing of the planned disturbance. The EA should also evaluate on how the timeing and location of these disturbances affect fish and wildlife species in the area, both listed/sensitive but also species that are more abundant but are tied directly to habitats that might be impacted. There are sensitive wildlife resources in the area such as nortyhern spotted owl and elk calving and allowed operations timing should be sensitive to these wildlife resources.

5 13 Scott Downs State of Washington Department or Fish and Planning Protection of sensitive habitats and potential mitigation for impacts. As stated in the scoping notice, the area where the project is proposed in located in Late Successional Reserve (LSR) and next to Riparian Reserve in Hurley Creek. The EA should evaluate how/if the project imapcts the overlying management goesl of the LSR and Riparian Reserve. What habitats are impacted by the new operations and explore mitigation solutions if those impact represent significant impacts to aquatic or terrestrial habitats.

6 Reclamation Restoration and minimizing the overall impacts to the area The Swauk has been subject of some restoration panning and management. Explore the options of using some of the waste rock ro other management projects in the area so as to minimize the overall management footprint of the area. All waste rock will be utilized in the reclamation of the site at the end of the mining operation. The EA should also describe any plans to restore the habitat once mining operations are completed so as to minimize the overall impact of the project on the awuatic and terrestrial habitats. This will be covered in the and that information will be used to create the Conditions of Approval, Reclamation Plan, and to calculate the Reclamation Bond cost.