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reopened, others remain plugged and consideration is being given to simply replacing them. Unfortunately, replacement of the culverts will require closing the quarry as the access road will need to be excavated, the pipe replaced, and then the road rebuilt. At present it is being determined whether the existing culverts can, in fact, carry the load so replacement is not needed. Repair of the slump will not be done until the drainage system is fully operational again and the source of the problem at the processing plant can be fully addressed. The drainage system, although not fully functional, still retains all the sediment it was designed to retain. This is accomplished by diverting runoff into other pathways that still lead to the final discharge treatment outfall. However, those diversions cannot be permanent. Reclamation (Wording same as 1998 report): Reclamation during the past year has concentrated on revegetation work on the new mining areas. If the reclamation area on Map 2 is compared with the Mining area on Map 1 the considerable overlap is evident. This is the result of using the new approach to reclamation of benches, that is, immediate backfilling and topsoiling of benches as they are completed. Although, as expected, bench collapse is still occurring, the effects of those events on reclamation are minimal. This is because the ingredients for reclamation are already in place when the collapse occurs and repair occurs rapidly. In effect, the progress of the reclamation and the quality of that reclamation is very nearly as expected and described in the last amendment for this operation. A total of 6.6 acres of reclamation was done at this quarry in the last year, about the same amount as was done in the previous year. A11 of this involved reclamation of actual quarried land rather than land in the support area as has occurred in the past. As benches are completed, fill and soil is placed on the benches. Late in the permit year the CMRF planted Douglas Fir seedlings throughout the newly reclaimed area except on the benches. Nearly all of the seedlings planted in the last year were part of the Enhanced Reclamation with only a very small number attributable to requirements under Base Reclamation. Seeding of the newly reclaimed land occurred just prior to tree planting to avoid adverse impacts of trampling on seedlings and to allow trampling to further bury the seed. Castle Concrete 2002 Annual Report M-77-211 Pikeview Quarry Page 5 of 7