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<br />CF&I currently estimates the total cost of reclamation at $222,662. Iu <br />estimate includes contractors' profit, cost of mobilization and demobilization, and includes <br />both duect and indirect costs. The estimate for demolition of the buildings is $78,888, <br />$43,750 for revegetation, and $100,024 for earthwork. CF&I's estimate is based on the <br />projections of a civil engineering consulting firm familiar with the Quarry. CF&I also <br />utilized estimates from various local sources and the Colorado State Highway Department <br />Cost Data Book. Based upon all the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses, and <br />considering the accurary of the estimated measurements of the buildings to be demolished, <br />the availability of materials and equipment in Salida, and the amount and nature of <br />earthwork required by the permits, the more accurate estimation of the cost of reclamation <br />of the Quarry is $222,662. <br />Colorado asserts the Quarry contains several hazards to public health and <br />safety, including a sink hole, the abandoned buildings and tipple, unstable and dangerous low <br />walls on the lower Quarry, asilted-in sediment pond, soil possibly contaminated with oil or <br />PCB's, and a box that possibly contained blasting caps. The proposed reclamation would <br />eliminate any hazard from the abandoned buildings that are to be demolished and the <br />evidence does not support a finding that there was contaminated soil or explosives on the <br />site. Underground tanks that may have existed have been removed, as have any potentially <br />hazardous personal property. Completion of the reclamation plans will also provide erosion <br />control to reduce discharge of sediments into the South Arkansas River, as well as grade and <br />fill subsiding areas. <br /> <br />