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cior,f~ nn~~ <br />Cl'Y~r~ <br />~ dryer was to be completed and utilized, Anew drainage sump pump was to be installed <br />• to reduce solids lost to process pond. Efforts to increase the output temperature to the <br />mine were to continue through optimization of the plant boilers and possible replacement <br />of "temporary" boilers. Projects to upgrade the food safety of our product were to be <br />initiated on an ongoing basis as a result of audits or customer requests. <br />Using short radius drilling technology, one to three vertipl wells were to be drilled between <br />cavities #1A and 3A to connect the two cavities. One well located along the south boundary <br />of the present mining area, the second well located to the immediate north of core hole well <br />2B-3C. Well 26-3C was to be recompleted as a production well. No wells were scheduled to <br />be plugged and abandoned in 2001. <br />• <br />3.1.2 Actual Project Activities <br />WRN produced tons of sodium bicarbonate in year 2001 using cavities #1A, 3A, and <br />4A. The plant was maintained on a constant production schedule throughout the year. The <br />plant and wells were shut down four times for planned clean out, repairs and plant <br />modifications. Routine outages were performed every three to four months to clean out scale <br />build up in the plant. The plant and wells were down for short periods of less than 24-hour <br />outages resulting from well rework, pump problems, replacement of valves ahd equipment, <br />and power outages. Emphasis for the year was placed on increasing production efficiencies <br />throughout the plant and maintaining production with reduced flow and brine grade from the <br />wellfield. <br />i <br />• 4 <br />