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3.0 STATUS OF PROJECT OPERATIONS [2001 - 2002) 3.1 Extent of Current Disturbances Facilities completed at the present time include the Piceance Site Processing Facility, solution mining wells and pads, well field piping to connect the wells with the processing facility, well field roads that provide access to the various well pads and piping in the well field, and American Soda's Main Access Road, which provides paved road access to the Piceance Site Processing Facility. 3.2 Piceance Site Processing Facility The Piceance Site Processing Facility is where the major solution mining equipment, control room, administrative offices, maintenance shop, and other ancillary facilities are located. Construction on the facility was completed in October 2000. The facility houses the boilers and pumps that are used to heat and pump the water used to solution mine the nahcolite mineral resource. In addition, this facility includes initial processing equipment used to convert the mined nahcolite solution into a solution suitable for pipeline transport to the Parachute Site. The Piceance Site Processing Facility also includes a carbon dioxide processing area, where carbon dioxide is processed and compressed for transport by truck. Ancillary facilities associated with the Piceance Site Processing Facility include a heliport for use in evacuating personnel in the event of a medical emergency, the main topsoil stockpile, a septic leach field area, and an electrical substation located to the southwest of the process building as illustrated in Figure 2, The total area of disturbance for the Piceance Site Processing Facility is approximately 11.8 acres. A 6-foot-deep, 1-acre evaporation pond is located just northwest of the Piceance Site Processing Facility as shown in Figure 2. The pond contains storm water drainage from the processing plant area. The pond is lined with high density polyethylene [HDPE) and bermed on all sides, with a spillway near its southwest corner. The total area of disturbance for this pond is approximately 2 acres. A 10.8-acre temporary lay down and parking area was constructed in January 2000 (Figure 2j to support the construction effort. This area was used for storage of structural steel, piping, and other building materials, as well as temporary parking for the construction workforce. Reclamation of this area occurred during the 2000 - 2001 reporting period as described in Section 4.0. A temporary concrete batch plant area was disturbed in January 2000 to support the construction effort. This area occupies approximately 1.5 acres just west of the helipad and topsoil pile (Figure 2). This area was reclaimed during the 2000 - 2001 reporting period as described in Section 4.0. American Soda. L.L.P. 3