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,. • previously noted, the north pit boundary fencing was moved and reset at a location further north from the stripping of our rock removal operations. This fence relocation was as indicated in the 1985 report. The entire perimeter of all the mining operation remains fenced and secured and is subject to constant patrol to insure no breakage in the fencing perimeter. Asphalt Paving Co. continues to maintain a hard-surfaced road from Highway 93 to the quarry pit area, including portions of Colorado Highway 93 which are classified as acceleration/deceleration lanes to the main entrance. It should be noted that a new entrance road was constructed in 1985 under a Colorado Department of Highways state road project. This new construction has been a major safety improvement. The site distance both north and south from this entrance road has been carefully preserved; the integrity of the acceleration/deceleration lanes to this entrance road has been improved. This major improvement in the entrance from SH93 meets all criteria established by the State Highway Department. This roadway area will be periodically swept, when needed, in order that it may be kept reasonable clean of dust and so that most all spillage is removed from the roadway surface. The under-road cross culverts and cattle guard areas continue to be cleaned and maintained to insure positive water drain patterns. Loaded trucks continue to be inspected at the main scale before leaving the site to minimize the loss of excessive materials that may spill from the truck on its trip to the designated delivery point. • As per the resolutions of the previously approved mining plan, we continue to progress from the south end of the dike in a northwest to southwest angular vertical cut. This removal process continues to screen the main crushing operation from the view of residences to the east. All setbacks and safety precautions continue to comply with the operational plan as previously submitted to the Colorado Mined Reclamation Board. Anew computerized truck scale has been purchased and installed and is presently in use. The old truck scale has been removed entirely. The new scale and adjoining office have been located south of the old scale location. This new installation has necessitated a realignment of the main quarry access road in the area of the secondary crusher. This new scale location/roadway realignment was done for safety reasons; to ~~spread out~~ the trucking congestion and separate it and the loading operation from the crushing activity itself. In the process of constructing the realigned access road to the new scale, a new detention pond was created. This new pond is much larger (more capacity) than the old one, which has subsequently been filled in. This new pond will accommodate much more site runoff and has thereby improved our capacity to reduce our exposure to site runoff as a result of an upset situation. In our continuing effort to improve and become more efficient, we • are presently constructing an overhead aggregate load-out system.