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Pitch Reclamation Project April 29, 2004 2003 Annual Reclamation Report Page 1 7.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Terms and Conditions Lynx Enterprises, Inc. was retained by Homestake to collect the data from contractors engaged at the Pitch Reclamation Project and assemble this report of the 2003 monitoring and reclamation activities. Data for this report was provided by: Lynx Enterprises, Inc., SRK, Inc., Energy Laboratories, Inc., and the Homestake-Pitch Project field office in Sargents, Colorado. 1.2 Purpose and Scope of Work This report was prepared to fulfill the annual reclamation reporting requirements of Homestake to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for Reclamation Permit #M-77-004. This report primarily presents reclamation and monitoring conducted during the 2003 calendar year. Documentation of reclamation conducted in previous years was presented in prior annual reports. 1.3 Project Description The Pitch Reclamation Project is located in Township 48 North, Range 6 East, Saguache County, Colorado. The project area is located in the Gunnison National Forest. The primary drainage from the property is Indian Creek. Drainage from Tie Camp Creek joins Indian Creek upstream of the CDPHE discharge monitoring point at the project site. Indian Creek joins Marshall Creek approximately four miles southwest of the Pitch property. A site location map is provided as Figure 1. 2.0 LAND DISTURBED IN 2003 Surface disturbance in 2003 was limited to work associated with the final site improvements in the area of the Radium Treatment Plant (RTP), and the continued preparation of demolition material for burial in the disposal cell located at the toe of the Tie Camp Creek Low-Grade Ore Stockpile. These activities occurred on land already disturbed by project related facilities. No new land disturbance occurred at the Pitch Reclamation Project during 2003. 3.0 RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES IN 2003 During 2003, reclamation activities at the Pitch site focused on two primary areas: 1) the area adjacent to the dismantled RTP (including the stream channel) and, 2) the Tie Camp Creek Disposal Cell. Reclamation in the area of the RTP included planting of trees on the slope of the drainage opposite the RTP site. All work was conducted in accordance with applicable conditions in the Radioactive Materials License and the Pitch Reclamation Project Procedures Manual. 3.1 Reclamation Reclamation activities in 2003 consisted of the reclamation and drainage Improvements in the area of the old RTP building and the adjacent drainage. The site of the RTP was backfilled and recontoured in 2001, with final grading and initial revegetation in 2002. These activities included grading and shaping of the steep embankment behind the RTP site to reduce the slope and prevent sloughing.