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Backfill and Gradin¢ No backfilling has been done in the North pit since 2003. No changes from last month were found in the South Pit area, with the exception of some of the gullies on the hillslope on the westernmost side of this area have been regraded (Photo 2), appazently as part of the reclamation work that was being conducted by the sand and gravel operator. (Both the coal mine permit and the sand and gravel permit include reclamation liability for the South Pit area.) The gullies had formed during a storm in late summer 2004, and the recent regrading is a welcome improvement to this area. General Mine Plan Compliance The timetable and schedule for completing reclamation is set forth on page 5-33 of the permit application, as follows: "Reclamation of the Carbon Junction Mine is slated to begin in the autumn of 2002 and continue through completion. The completion of the tasks identified and described above [i. e. most reclamation tasks - TKJ is anticipated to take three construction seasons (through summer of 2005). With completion of the earthmoving and retopsoiling, seeding and planting is contemplated in the autumn of 2005. Should this timetable need to be altered, OEI will apprise CDMG and revise the permit." The last significant amount of reclamation activity in the permit area was in 2003 when the South pit area was reclaimed. The permittee currently is in compliance with the timetable and schedule on page 5-33. Slides and Dama¢e A containment area has been established for oil drums and buckets in the equipment storage azea of the Cazbon Junction Mine at GPS coordinates 37.24133° N, 107.85872° S. This location is within the Cazbon Junction Mine permit boundary, but is outside the sand and gravel permit boundary, based on sand and gravel permit boundary mazkers recently placed by Four Corners Materials. The containment area consists of bare ground surrounded by a 4-foot high earthen berm (Photo 3). The 27 oil drums noted in last month's inspection report have been moved from their two previous locations to the containment azea. Also, the oil-contaminated soil noted in last month's report has been scraped up and moved to the containment area. The volume of the contaminated soil is less than 1 cubic yard. The original location of the contaminated soil appears free of contamination (Photo 4). The newly constructed containment area appeazs to be an effective method of storing the drums and contaminated soil.