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<br /> <br />would warrant an immediate move of an asphalt plant to this <br />location. We continue to operate at the Clear Creek site and <br />will do so until the situation changes. <br />The actual quarry operation is still being conducted in <br />accordance with the recommendations of THK associates. The 20' <br />berm on the east has been reseeded and improved. The original <br />purpose of the berm remains the same, to screen the quarry <br />operations from high visibility from populated areas. Shale <br />material was hauled and placed as an extension of the 20' berm <br />area in 1986. This screening berm progression has been topsoiled <br />and seeded. <br />The floor of the quarry continues to be graded and maintained at <br />all times so that runoff drainage is directed toward the <br />southwest corner of the site where a detention pond gathers all <br />runoff. The three previously constructed detention storage ponds <br />are in daily use for recycling dust suppression water and <br />collection of fine particle settlement. The ponds are at an <br />average depth greater than the 4' specified and are provided with <br />proper outlets. These ponds are cleaned during the winter and <br />contents incorporated into the topsoil and used for revegetation <br />purposes. <br />The mining will continue as per the stages originally submitted <br />and is in compliance with the THK Associates and Asphalt Paving <br />Co. application to the Jefferson County Board of Adjustments <br />concerning its mining operations over the life of the mine. <br />Asphalt Paving Co. continues to make improvements and to upgrade <br />the operation. We are committed to providing a quality operation <br />and a safe work place. <br />Reclamation continues to be accomplished as per the <br />recommendations of THK Associates and will continue per the <br />stages included and submitted with that plan. The crested wheat <br />grasses, along with blue gamma and rye grasses, are rolled and <br />compacted into the soil after seeding to insure limited wind <br />loss. On-site reclamation is being expanded in an ever-widening <br />semicircle as mining is completed. Reclamation signs have been <br />installed to alert all incoming visitors that reclamation is an <br />important part of our activity. <br />During this past year, no additional reclamation was <br />accomplished. Inasmuch as the quarry operation has not ceased <br />operations, the remaining flat benches have not been addressed in <br />this report. Our mining, however, has continued northward. We <br />continue to expose new rock, bench by bench. <br />A reclamation bond continues to be provided to the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board as well as Jefferson County in the <br />monetary amount defined by the Land Reclamation Board and is <br />• S <br />