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Additional Sheet <br /> 2016 Annual Report <br /> Winkler Light Aggregate Quarry <br /> M-1989-065 <br /> Schmidt Construction Company <br /> Anniversary Date: April 26 <br /> County USR Acreage: The Map 1 total acreage accounting block in the upper left corner has been modified <br /> slightly. Parenthetical notes have been added below the categories to clarify what applies to the USR permit. <br /> This helps to avoid confusion that the Total Affected Land acreage is the acreage that is relevant to the USR <br /> requirements. In fact,roads and roadsides are not included in the USR acreages,but are included in the <br /> Reclamation Permit issued by the MLRB. Thus the USR relevant acreage and its limitations on total USR <br /> defined affected land is equal to the total affected land less the acreage in roads and roadsides.That acreage <br /> increased slightly in 2016 due mainly to expansion of mining and creating a new soil stockpile. USR acreage <br /> does not decline except with the full release of reclaimed land. In 2016-17 it is expected that at least a portion of <br /> the backfill area will be topsoiled and seeded and the Active Revegetation area may be ready for release in the <br /> near future the way it is looking right now. The seeding of the backfill area will not reduce USR acreage,but the <br /> release of the Active Revegetation area would reduce USR acreage as well as Total Affected Land included in <br /> the Reclamation Permit. <br /> Notes on Mining: Mining moved southward to the mining limit and the setback boundary. This extension <br /> was included in the Future Mining area and that acreage is therefore reduced accordingly with an increase in the <br /> land included in the Active Mining area. A temporary access road from the main road to the mining area was <br /> established,but this will be removed in the future as mining expands into that area.The market seems to have <br /> increased recently and therefore additional land may be opened in the next year to accommodate that increased <br /> demand.At most,the expansion is not expected to be any greater than it was in the last year. Due to an <br /> increased supply of overburden and soil,in the next couple of years more reclamation is expected as more fill is <br /> available. <br /> Schmidt Construction 2016 Annual Report M-1989-065 Winkler Light Agg Quarry Page 1 of 1 <br />