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`~ <br /> <br />_ This estimate includes costs for: direct site and allocated plant and general overhead <br />labor; boiler water and water treatment chemicals; general services (miscellaneous <br />chemicals and gases, laboratory operations, and support services); maintenance <br />supplies/materials and contract services; site services (waste disposal, sanitary, potable <br />water supply, and janitorial services); and Rio Blanco County property taxes. Energy <br />costs are specifically excluded from this figure per our telephone discussion of March 4, <br />1999. <br />Using an estimated average cost of $7,000,000 per year, operating expenses for the <br />Piceance Mining Operation for the 30-year life of the project are estimated at <br />$210,000,000. <br />Summary <br />Capital and operations costs for the Piceance Site are estimated as follows: <br />• Initial Processing and Related Facilities $34,302,411 <br />• Well Field Development (total of 450 wells) $159,177,617 <br />• Operations Expenses X210,000,000 <br />Total 5403,480,028 <br />Product Solution and Water Return Pipelines <br />The total given in the summary above does not include capital costs for the product <br />solution and water return pipelines. [stirrwted capital costs of these pipelines were <br />provided in Table 1G-1 tlf the Supplemental Information pacicaGe etn an information <br />only basis because the pipelines are to be the subject or a future Special Use Perrtut <br />application. However, operating costs of the Rio 6lanco portion of these pipelines are <br />included In the above estimates and, in any case, are expected to be nominal. <br />Upenune Wan end Well Field Invnimcnt C;uab <br />R,o Bl~nro t=uunev Addn,mul lNOrnunon Nayucft <br />f',ceurce Mmina Uper•twn <br />.tmnvcan Suds. L.L.P. <br />2-3 <br />TOTfaL P. 12 <br />