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BITE RECLAMATION ACTIVITY <br />• <br />APRIL 2001 TO MARCH 2002 <br />Reclamation activity during the 2001 reporting year (April 2001 to <br />March 2002) consisted of site cleaning, maintenance of vegetated <br />areas, completion of the Terry Tunnel site surface reclamation, <br />placement of the American Tunnel #2 Bulkhead and monitoring of the <br />#2 bulkhead performance. <br />In the following sections of this report, environmental activity <br />during the 2001 reporting year and planned environmental activity <br />for the 2002 reporting year is discussed on a site by site basis. <br />A summary of acreage permitted, disturbed, and undergoing <br />reclamation is presented in Table A (page 2). <br />AMERICAN TUNNEL PORTAL AREA - Plate No. 1 <br />During the 2001 reporting year, no additional acreage was disturbed <br />or reclaimed. <br />Reclamation and environmental activity during 2001 consisted of; <br />1) general site cleaning. Solid waste was disposed of via the <br /> local landfill collection company and scrap steel was stored <br /> for eventual shipment for recycle. <br />2) maintenance of stormwater runoff controls. <br />3) treatment of water discharge from the portal along with <br /> diverted Cement Creek water according to the CDPS Permit for <br /> this site and the related Consent Decree agreement with CDPHE. <br /> Treatment included periodic cleaning of the settling ponds <br /> with a mudcat dredge and tanker trucks. The material removed <br /> was hauled to the Mayflower Mill-Tailings Pond No.4. <br /> There were no discharge permit parameter violations during the <br /> 2001 reporting year. <br />4) monitoring and maintenance of vegetated areas. <br />5) permanent closure of the American Tunnel #1 bulkhead by <br /> grouting. <br />6) construction of the American Tunnel #2 bulkhead. <br />7) monitoring of the #2 bulkhead. <br />Activities planned for 2002 are; <br />1) annual site cleanup. <br />2) maintenance of stormwater drainage controls. <br />i <br />