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Logan Wash Mine Annual Report March 28, 2001-Marsh 27, 2002 Permit No.: M 1977-424 Introduction This annual report has been prepared in accordance with regulations of the State of Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) and the regulations promulgated by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board. The information in this report pertains to the period March 28, 2001 to March 27, 2002 (reporting Period). Projected reclamation activities for the following year are also presented. The Logan Wash Mine, located approximately 12 miles northeast of De Beque, Colorado, is managed by Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc. (GSHq for Occidental Oil Shale, Ina (OOSI). A general site location map for the Logan Wash Mine is presented in Figure 1. This annual report summarizes the reclamation status of the Logan Wash Mine Oil Shale property. During the reporting period, no surface elclamaflon wwk was conducted on the OOSI property or OOSInght-of--ways on the adjoining U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property. Some piping repairs sad modifications were made to the retort draitage system inside the mine. At this time, GSHI requests to remain on Temporary Cessation status at the Logan Wash Mine Site. GSHI is in the process of evaluating a reclamation schedule for Logan Wash Mine and will notify DMG as soon as possible regarding removal from Temporary Cessation status. GSHI anticipates reclamation activities to resume in 2003. The remainder of this armual report is organized as follows: • Section 2: Disturbed Acreage Status • Section 3: Monitoring Activities • Section 4: Reclamation Activities in 2001 • Section 5: Maintenance Activities • Section 6: Arrticipated Reclamation in the Year 2002 • Section 7: Arrticipated Disturbance in the Year 2002 Please refs to Figure 1, the Logan Wash Mine location map, and Figwe 2, the Logan Wash Mine site map for features discussed in this resort. 2.0 Disturbed Acreage States According to Exhibit E, the Reclamation Plan for Logan Wash (1981), 134.7 acres were approved for distwbance within the permit area. However, only 113.6 acres have actually been disturbed within the permit aria. To date, it is estimated that at least 25 acres have bcen reclaimed at the Logan Wash Mine Site. Most surface buildings and structures have been removed and reclamation of those sites is complete. Surface structures that remain include a raise borehole and ventilation fan area, two vault structures (one on the lows bench and one at the evaporation pond), a small section of exposed piping from the retort drainage pipeline, monitoring wells LWCW-lA and LW-112, and Pond 1 (evaporation pond). Other monitoring wells may exist, however, none have been located during several field investigations. Dwing the year 2000, approximately 6000 fl (0.14 acres) was disturbed dwing repay ofthe retort discharge pipeline 1 of 4