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<br /> 2.0 STATUS SUMMARY
<br /> 2.1 Areas Released of Warranty
<br /> Reclamation areas released of warranty by DRMS include: Areas 5, 7, 21, and 22, and Areas A5, A7, A21,
<br /> A22, B1, B4, B6, B9, B10,B11, and likely B-12 (A areas have not been located on historical documents; B
<br /> areas refer to Logan Wash Road realignments and other cut and fill areas)on September 30'h, 1986; and Areas
<br /> 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19,20,and a portion of Area 13 (roads)(12.64 acres),on January 12I`,2006.A total
<br /> of approximately 29 acres have been released of warranty.
<br /> 2.2 Areas Under Reclamation
<br /> Areas in a state of reclamation(revegetation in progress)include Areas 1,2,3,4, 10,the 0.65 acre Soil Barrow
<br /> Area,approximately 5 acres of the Evaporation pond Pipeline,portions of Area 13,and road Areas B2,B3,B7
<br /> and B8.Areas 1 through 4 include the Upper and Lower Mine Dumps(face areas),Upper Mine Bench,Lower
<br /> Mine Bench,and the Research Mine Bench and Dump,respectively.Area 10 is the former Helo Pad.Area 13 is
<br /> includes the Upper Mine Bench Road.Areas under reclamation at this time total approximately 28.8 acres.Area
<br /> 11,the Guard Gate and Area 18, Logan Wash Road will not be reclaimed. Areas under reclamation and to be
<br /> requested for release in this submittal are summarized in Table 4.
<br /> Area 1, the Upper and Lower Mine Dump faces (13.46 acres) was reseeded and planted with saplings during
<br /> 2003-2005. Area 2,the Upper Mine Bench(0.74 acres)was reseeded in 2004 and 2005. Area 4,the Research
<br /> Mine Bench(2.7 acres)and Dump(1.5 acres),Area 10,the former Helo Pad(0.24 acres),and the Upper Bench
<br /> Road(1.4 acres) and Lower Access Road(1.36 acres)areas of Area 13 were reseeded in the fall of 2005. The
<br /> area below the toe of the Lower Mine Dump,which had been impacted from a debris flow off the Lower Dump
<br /> in 2004,was reseeded and successfully revegetated in 2005 along with the upper portion of the Lower Access
<br /> Road(about 0.2 acres). The lower portion of the Lower Access Road has not shown significant plant growth.
<br /> This is partially due to damage from seasonal cattle grazing. This portion of the road was not reseeded as the
<br /> road is now being used to access the Upper Manhole and monitor Well LWCW-IA on a regular basis.
<br /> According to the 1985 annual report, Area 23, the Evaporation Pond and Pipeline (Retort Water Pipeline)
<br /> consisted of a disturbed acreage of 14.9 acres, 5.1 acres of which was reclaimed before 1985,leaving 9.8 acres
<br /> remaining to be reclaimed. Because the pond was not formally added to the permit until 2008, no reclaimed
<br /> acreage has been released. It is assumed that the portion of Area 23 that has been reclaimed is limited to the
<br /> ground surface above the buried and active Retort Water Pipeline. Most of the buried Retort Water Pipeline
<br /> underlies the edge of the Logan Wash Road (Area 18), which will not be reclaimed. Note that future
<br /> reclamation of the retort pipeline will involve removing the cast iron manhole covers at each clean-out location
<br /> and grouting the pipe openings shut inside each vault followed by backfilling with clean inert and compacted
<br /> fill.
<br /> Area 13,Miscellaneous Access Roads (Table 2),includes a number of older roads that have been reclaimed.In
<br /> this submittal,the Mine Bench and Portal roads referred to in Table 2 that are under reclamation include only
<br /> the Upper Bench Road(1.4 acres).
<br /> 2.3 Areas Not Under Reclamation
<br /> Areas currently not expected to be submitted for reclamation release in the near future are the Upper Access
<br /> Road(4.8 acres),the Lower Bench Road(Area 13, 1.5 acres),the Evaporation Pond Access Road(1.3 acres),
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