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I=acn apra ta, zoos average or daily maximum limitation. The 2005 DMRs are on fate with the CDPHE-Water Quality Control Division. 4.7 I Radioactive Materials License The RTP building, foundation and sediments excavated from the upper portion of Indian Creek below the old RTP area were placed in the Tie Camp Disposal Cell in 2001. Final grading and revegetation of the RTP area was started in 2002 and completed in 2003. With the removal of the RTP, the radioactive source material and any treatment capacity have been removed. Small concentrations of the Radium 226 isotope remain in the sediment deposited upstream of the sediment control embankment. The Radioactive Materials License (RML} for the Pitch Project was renewed in September 2003. The renewal allows Homestake to manage the Tie Camp Low-Grade Stockpile and the sediment upstream of the sediment control embankment within the guidelines of the (license. A copy of the 2005 annual RML report is provided in electronic Adobe Acrobat© Portable Document Format on the CD attached to this report. INSPECTIONS OnlMay 31, 2005, Mike Havens from the Technical Services Unit of the Colorado Water Quality Control Division (Division) conducted a compliance inspection of the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility (CDPS permit No. CO-0022756). The inspection report addressed a public health nuisance observed during the inspection involving the workshop wastewater septic system. Following notification, the inspection finding was corrected. Notification regarding corrective action . was provided in a letter from Homestake to the Division dated August 29, 2005. Acknowledgement of ireceipt of the Homestake letter was received from the Division in a letter dated September 2, 20105. Copies of the compliance inspection report and subsequent communications addressing the issue are provided in Appendix B. SURETY nestake maintains a reclamation surety performance bond for the Pitch Reclamation project in form of a financial guarantee bond with Safeco Insurance Company of America in the amount of 263,000. A copy of the notification and surety form to DMG is provided as Appendix C. RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2006 addition to the continued monitoring of pit slope stability and water quality, Homestake continues move forward with final closure and reclamation of the Pitch property. During 2006, the following tivities are planned: • The Tie Camp Creek Disposal Cell will be revegetated with a similar mix of seed used for revegetation throughout the property; • Planting of approximately 500 lodge pole seedlings on the face of the Indian Greek waste rock dump; • Continued reclamation work on the small catchment basin constructed in 2003 in the drainage area in the vicinity of the former RTP including placement of additional organic material area and some large rocks to enhance sediment control; • Noxious weed control;