2014-03-20_REPORT - M1977424

• Permit No: M1977424
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/20/2014
• Doc Name: Annual Fee/Report/Map
• From: Occidental Oil Shale, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: THM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Logan Wash Mine Annual Report
Permit No.: M- 1977 -424
as disturbed acreage in this annual report. This acreage is not considered a new disturbance
because annual reports have shown since at least 1985 that Area 23, Evaporation Pond and
Pipeline, was initially a 14.87 -acre disturbance. The 1985 annual report shows that 5.07 acres of
this acreage was reclaimed prior to the report's published date in spring 1986. Table 1.0 shows
the Evaporation Pond and Pipeline acreage as Area 23. Table 1.0 shows that the estimated
remaining acreage not reclaimed is 18.1 acres for the reporting period. The reclamation status of
previously disturbed areas is discussed below.
2.1 Mine Areas
Other than roads and the Evaporation Pond and associated retort pipeline, the Lower Bench is the
only remaining mine area (Area 1) that is not reclaimed. This area consists of 2.1 acres. This area
has not yet been reclaimed as it is currently being used as mine access to monitor hydrological
stations and general revegetation progress at other parts of the mine property. In the past, OXY-
USA (OOGC) has also shown interest in using the Lower Bench as a possible site for the
construction of a natural gas well.
2.2 Roads
Table 2 refers to reclamation status of "Miscellaneous Access Roads" as described in the original
permit. The acreage figures in the table are based on what acreage remains to be reclaimed as
estimated in the field. Field measurements for the "Mine Bench and Portal" roads indicate that
6.2 acres remain to be reclaimed at the end of the reporting period.
The 6.2 acres of unreclaimed roads consists of 0.9 acres of the Lower Bench Road, and 5.3 acres
of the Upper Access Road from the intersection of Logan Wash Road to the intersection of the
Upper and Lower Bench Roads (at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and OOSI
property boundary), 4,050 linear ft of which includes a 50 -ft width due to outslope material that
will need to be pulled back during reclamation. The Upper Bench Road has been reclaimed. As
discussed in Section 6.0, the Upper Access Road (the only main access open to vehicular traffic
to the mine) acreage may be removed from the permit if a separate BLM right -of -way is acquired
by OOGC to construct a gas well on the Lower Bench. In addition, this road will remain in use
until monitoring of hydrological stations and general revegetation progress at other parts of the
mine property is no longer necessary. There is the potential for future alternative retort water
treatment or management methods at the mine which may require that this road remain in place
for an indefinite period of time.
Disturbed acreage associated with the Logan Wash Road or the "tramroad" was originally shown
in the mine permit to be 53.43 acres. This road extends from its intersection with Road 45 up
Logan Wash to the mine property. BLM records indicate that the original Logan Wash Road
right -of -way (COC- 223027) was 58.6 acres and includes all of the Upper Access Road up to the
BLM -OOSI property boundary near the intersection of the Upper and Lower Bench Roads; the
actual disturbance acreage has not been determined. The acreage amounts for roads (Area 13) in
the original permit appear to include the acreage associated with the Upper Access Road. The
main Logan Wash Road, up to the intersection with the Upper Access Road (to the mine),
comprises the bulk of this acreage and will not be reclaimed as it has historically and currently
serves as access for the public and oil and gas development in the area.
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