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Logan Wash Mine Annual Report <br />Permit No.: M-7977-424 <br />and portal closures. Retort water levels and discharge rates were periodically checked at <br />appropriate monitoring points at the mine, Underground inspections ceased in the fall of 2003 <br />after the portals of the mine were sealed with earth plugs. No snow removal was conducted <br />during the 2005-2006 winter. <br />5.2 Pond 1 Maintenance <br />Maintenance of Pond 1 included inspection of (1) discharge rates to the pond from the mine <br />retorts, (2) the leak detection vault, and (3) security fence and general conditions of the liner and <br />pond. The leak detection vault was dry during the reporting period. Monthly inspections were <br />conducted through December of 2005 and will resume in April 2006. <br />6.0 Anticipated Reclamation in the Year 2006 <br />Because of a proposed change in land use at the mine that would involve the construction of a <br />natural gas wall on the Lower Bench, OOSI does not anticipate reclamation of additional areas at <br />the mine site in 2006. <br />Specific reclamation activities expected to be conducted during 2006 may consist of maintenance <br />of existing planted native shrubs on the Upper and Lower Dump slopes. Maintenance may <br />include installation of irrigation supplements, irrigation with available mine water and possibly <br />imported water sources, some plant replacement, terrace and pocket repairs, fertilizing, and <br />mulching where necessary. <br />GSHI does not intend to reclaim the evaporation pond (10 acres) as it is necessary for the <br />management of retort drainage water from the mine. <br />7.0 Anticipated Disturbance in the Year 2006 <br />No new disturbance is anticipated to occur within the mine permit area associated with OOSI <br />mine permit activities. <br />Western Water & Land, Inc. <br />