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DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION S T A T E O F C A L I F O R N I A 121 December 11, 2000 ` ECEIVEJ Ms Tina Wehrmeister DEC 18 2000 OFFICE OF MINE San Joaquin County RECLAMATION Community Development Department Comm urnryuevewpmemuepr. • 1810 E. Hazelton Ave. 8 0 1 K STREET Stockton, CA 95205-6232 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA Dear Ms. Wehrmeister: 95816 PHONE 9166/323-9198 Reclamation Plan for George Reed, Inc. at Clements 9 QX 99-02 FAX 916/322-4862 The Department of Conservation's Office of Mine Reclamation INTERNET (OMR) has reviewed the proposed reclamation plan prepared for the consrv.ca.gov George Reed, Inc. site at Clements, adjacent (north of) to an existing • operation known as CA Mine ID#91-39-0016. The following comments on O R A V o A V I s the reclamation plan prepared by Michael Sandecki and Karen Wiese are GOVERNOR offered to assist in your review of the project The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA) (Public Resources Code Section 2710 et seq.) and the State Mining and Geology Board regulations for surface mining and reclamation practice (California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 14, Chapter 8, Article 1, Section 3500 et seq.; Article 9, Section 3700 et seq.) require that specific items be addressed or included in reclamation plans. The following items were either not included or not sufficiently addressed in the reclamation plan. We recommend that the reclamation plan be supplemented to adequately address these items. Mining Operation and Closure (Refer to SMARA Sections 2770.5, 2772(c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), (c)(6), (c)(9), CCR Section 3502(b)(2), (b)(5), 3709(a), (b), 3713(a),(b)) 1. SMARA Section 2772(c)(6) encourages phased reclamation . The project only identifies 2 large phases for the 79 acre site. The narrative states that agriculture will be re-established in 20-acre increments, with soil from the upcoming mining area placed on the past 20-acre increment. We encourage the immediate replacement of