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Annual Report-Attachment <br /> Currier Gravel Pit <br /> M-1980-203 <br /> June 29, 2017 <br /> Mesa County, Colorado <br /> Permitted acreage is less than 10 acres. <br /> Transportation operations and stockpile removal did occur during the report year. <br /> No extraction or processing occurred during the report year. <br /> Reclamation activity has been performed on approximately 3 acres of land so far. <br /> Stockpile removal is expected for the next report year. <br /> Pit has bottomed out (further extraction uneconomic). <br /> This gravel pit is on intermittent status. Mining activity was less than 180 days during the report year. At <br /> the time the operation entered IS there was occasional extraction, crushing and stockpile removal. <br /> Historically, gravel demand for this remote location comes from Forest Service or Mesa County <br /> governments. Also, oil and gas companies need gravel for their well pads and access roads to their drill <br /> sites. The last crushing occurred in September 2008 in anticipation of this demand from oil and gas <br /> companies. In November of 2008 nearly all oil and gas activity ceased in this area resulting in a stockpile <br /> of gravel at the site. The decision has been made to close and reclaim the pit as soon as the existing <br /> stockpile is sold and removed. <br /> Operator does not believe there will be more than 180 days of activity in the coming report year. Future <br /> activity would only be trucking off stockpiled gravel. There was stockpile removal in the past year of <br /> 3,582 tons. Approximately 30,000 tons of gravel stockpile remains on site. Acreage is depicted on the <br /> submitted map. Legal description on that map was in dispute with the BLM. A settlement agreement <br /> was signed with the BLM effective September 26, 2013. The BLM has agreed to sell their claimed land <br /> to us. This is in process but has not yet been accomplished. <br /> Weed spraying occurred during the report year. Pit location markers are located annually. There is no <br /> exposed groundwater at the pit. Further reclamation will proceed as soon as the remaining stockpile of <br /> gravel is sold and removed. <br /> Since 2009 the demand from oil and gas companies has been very low. As soon as stockpiled gravel can <br /> be sold and removed, reclamation will be completed. No further extraction or crushing will occur. <br />