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Logan Wash Mine Annual Report <br /> Permit No. M-1977-424 <br /> The upper segment of the Lower Access Road,which had been impacted from a debris flow off <br /> the Lower Dump in 2004,was successfully revegetated in 2005, whereas the lower segment of <br /> the Lower Access Road has not shown significant plant growth. This is partially due to damage <br /> from seasonal cattle grazing. <br /> Areas currently not expected to be submitted for reclamation release in the near future are the <br /> Lower Bench(Area 3,2.1 acres),the Lower Bench Road(Area 13, 0.9 acres),the Upper Access <br /> Road(Area 13,BLM"tramroad"right-of-way,2.9 acres)and the Evaporation Pond and Pipeline <br /> (Area 23, 9.8 acres). These surface areas comprise an approximate total of 15.7 acres. In <br /> addition,the lower segment of the Lower Access Road,approximately 0.9 acres, will be <br /> reclaimed after final mine closure. This portion of the road is used to access Well LWCW-IA and <br /> the Upper Manhole monitoring locations. <br /> OOSI anticipates requesting release of warranty for portions of Areas 1 (13.4 acres),Area 2(0.7 <br /> acres), and Areas 4(4.3 acres), and 10(0.2 acres),the revegetated portions of Area 13 (Upper <br /> Bench Road, 1.1 acres, and the upper portion of the Lower Access Road 1.6 acres), and the Soil <br /> Barrow Area(0.7 acres) in the near future. These revegetated areas total approximately 22 acres. <br /> Based on this total acreage and reclamation performed,Table 1.0 shows that the estimated actual <br /> disturbed acreage was 135.17 acres and of this amount, 61.7 acres was not to be reclaimed <br /> because Logan Wash Road is to remain in place for other users and a parcel of land was <br /> transferred to Chevron. Therefore,the total estimated acreage requiring reclamation is 73.4 acres. <br /> As of this reporting period,approximately 59.8 acres are under reclamation and of this acreage, <br /> 29.4 acres have been released of warranty,with approximately 30.4 of reclaimed acres requiring <br /> release. An estimated total of 13.6 acres are not under reclamation at this time. It is anticipated <br /> that most of the acres under reclamation will be submitted for warranty release in the near future. <br /> The following table summarizes reclamation status at Logan Wash Mine. <br /> Acreage Status Category Estimated Acreage <br /> Total disturbed/used acres 135.2 <br /> Total new disturbed acres this reporting eriod 0.0 <br /> Total acres requiring reclamation: 73.4 <br /> Total new acreage under reclamation this <br /> reporting period 0.0 <br /> Total acres under reclamation to date 59.8 <br /> Total acres released to date 29.4 <br /> Total estimated reclaimed acres needing release 30.4 <br /> Total estimated acres not under reclamation 13.6 <br /> 3.0 Monitoring Activities in 2015 <br /> Monitoring activities at the Logan Wash Mine during the reporting period consisted of periodic <br /> monitoring of mine water discharge and related sampling activities. These activities included: 1) <br /> Western Water& Land, Inc. 5 <br />