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^III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII` 999 DATE: October 16, 2001 TO: David Berry FROM: Dan Mathews RE: Reclamation Progess at Roadside 1 made a brief visit to Roadside this afternoon to check reclamation status. Tonya Hammond was on site and 1 spoke with her, and then viewed refuse area CRDA-2, and various South PorlaUPreparation Plant facility areas. It appeared (and Tonya confirmed) that there had been no further work at CRDA-2 or the CRDA-2 upper diversion since my previous site visit of September 25, 2001 (see my memo dated September 26). Demolition work had progessed and was continuing at the prep plant. All of the steel wash plant and conveyor structures had been demolished, with the exception of the wash plant shop building (a rectangular one story building approximately 100 feet long by 40 feet wide) for whichPowderhom believes there may be potential future use. The thickener tank and associated conveyor support structure had been completely demolished, as had the # 1 conveyor transfer building andbaghouse. Concrete structure associated with the refuse loadout tunnel was partially demolished; other concrete foundation and concrete associated with the coal reclaim tunnel remained intact. The steel base and concrete foundation of the coal stacker tube remained. Demolition and salvage operations are continuing. Lower bench structures not associated with the wash plant remain intact, including thetwo story cafeteria/training building, the lab facility,khowerhouse, the office trailer and other small building behind the lab, and the guard shack. Considerable clean up and removal of old supplies, discarded equipment and miscellaneous materials had taken place at the boneyard on top of the RSRDA refuse pile. 1 estimate that approximately 50% to 75% of the volume of material had been removed since my previous inspection, with the remaining materials organized into segegated piles or groups of like materials. Tonya Hammond described the status of pending reclamation projects as follows: • TR-33 dewater pipe drill pad construction to begin tomorrow (]0/17k drilling scheduled to begin 10/29 and to be completed within approximately 1 week. She indicated that the CDPS permit amendment had been issued for the proposed discharge site. • A contract had been awarded for demolition of North Portal facilities, and remaining structures along the overland conveyor (with the exception of the River Span tube and associated Transfer building #2). The project is to begin November I and be completed by December 31. Demolition of the water tank and certain other structures at the South Portal area was included in this contract. • A contract has been awazded for demolition of the 2 West Portals substation and associated power line, and removal of remaining structures Gom the South Fan site that had been placed along the road to the 2 West Portals. The work is to be completed by the end of November. • Contractor bids are due October 24 for final reclamation dirt work associated with CRDA-2, CRDA-l, and the Coal Creek permanent diversion, This would include final gading of CRDA-2, completion of the new upper diversion, elimination of the existing upper diversion, placement of cover soil and