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<br />In short, during the last year, there were few changes <br />in the operation which have any impact on the permit. In <br />large part, this lack of activity is due to the continuance <br />of a depressed aggregate market in the Colorado Springs <br />area. <br />RULE 2.41(2): LOCATIONS AND NUMBER OF ACRES RECLAIMED FOR <br />THAT YEAR. <br />No land was physically placed in reclamation this last <br />year. This was primarily due to the lack of any mining <br />which would complete mining certain parcels of land allowing <br />the opportunity for that land to be reclaimed. <br />In a sense, however, the continued removal of the dike <br />separating this operation from Castle Concrete's Sand Pit is <br />a form of reclamation. This is true because through the <br />removal of the dike the Sand Pit becomes a cove rather than <br />a hole. This provides the opportunity for completion of <br />reclamation of the Sand Pit and the production of more <br />useful land in this o eration on the west side of Academy <br />Boulevard. It is~the dike will be fully removed in the <br />next few years and that backfilling of the Sand Pit, <br />utilizing, in part, waste materials from this operation, <br />will continue for several years. <br />RULE 2.41(3): THE LOCATION AND NUMBER OF ACRES IN THE <br />VARIOUS STAGES OF RECLAMATION (BACKFILLED, GRADED, TOPSOIL <br />REPLACED, REVEGETATED). <br />BACKFILLED: The backfilled acreage did not change <br />appreciably in the last year. All backfilled land remains <br />as it was reported in last year's annual report. The total <br />backfilled acreage is about 23 to 25 acres. <br />GRADED: Graded land would total about 10 acres, <br />depending upon exactly how one defines "graded". In this <br />report, graded land is considered to be land which has been <br />removed from mining status and has been backfilled and at <br />least partially brought to its final topographic <br />configuration. <br />TOPSOIL REPLACED: No topsoil has been replaced on any <br />areas as all areas where soil existed after the time of <br />permitting are still in a mining status. However, soil like <br />material has been placed on some graded areas west of <br />Academy. This is as it was reported last year. <br />FILE 73-7 ANNUAL REPORT - 1989/1990 PAGE 2 OF 4 <br />