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3.0 STATUS OF PROJECT OPERATIONS (2004 - 2005) <br />• <br />• <br />3.1 Extent of Current Disturbances <br />Facilities completed at the present time include the Piceance Site Processing Facility, <br />solution mining wells and pads, well field piping to connect the wells with the processing <br />facility, well field roads that provide access to the various well pads and piping in the <br />well field, and American Soda's Main Access Road, which provides paved road access <br />to the Piceance Site Processing Facility. <br />3.2 Piceance Site Processing Facility <br />The Piceance Site Processing Facility is where the major solution mining equipment, <br />control room, administrative offices, maintenance shop, and other ancillary facilities are <br />located. Construction on the facility was completed in October 2000. The facility <br />houses the boilers and pumps that are used to heat and pump the water used to <br />solution mine the nahcolite mineral resource. In addition, this facility includes <br />processing equipment used to convert the mined nahcolite solution into a solution <br />suitable for pipeline transport to the Parachute Site. The Piceance Site Processing <br />Facility also includes a carbon dioxide processing area, where carbon dioxide is <br />processed and compressed for transport by truck. Ancillary facilities associated with <br />the Piceance Site Processing Facility include a heliport for use in evacuating personnel <br />in the event of a medical emergency, the main topsoil stockpile, a septic leach field <br />area, and an electrical substation located to the southwest of the process building as <br />illustrated in Figure 2. The total area of disturbance for the Piceance Site Processing <br />Facility is approximately 11.8 acres. <br />A 6-foot-deep, 1-acre evaporation pond is located just northwest of the Piceance Site <br />Processing Facility as shown in Figure 2. The pond contains storm water drainage from <br />the processing plant area. The pond is lined with high density polyethylene (HDPE) <br />and bermed on all sides, with a spillway near its southwest corner. The total area of <br />disturbance for this pond is approximately 2 acres. <br />A 10.8-acre temporary lay down and parking area was constructed in January 2000 <br />(Figure 2) to support the construction effort. This area was used for storage of <br />structural steel, piping, and other building materials, as well as temporary parking for <br />the construction workforce. Reclamation of this area occurred during the 2000 - 2001 <br />reporting period as described in Section 4.0. <br />A temporary concrete batch plant area was disturbed in January 2000 to support the <br />construction effort. This area occupies approximately 1.5 acres just west of the helipad <br />and topsoil pile (Figure 2). This area was reclaimed during the 2000 - 2001 reporting <br />period as described in Section 4.0. <br />American Soda, L.L.P. 3 <br />DMG Annual Report <br />July 12, 2003 <br />