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Permittee Name: Wh~ater Building Materials, Cor~ Permit No: M-77-129 Operation Name: Whitewater 500 Pit Anniversary Date: 09 / 22 / 96 We will deal specifically requirements as outlined in Rule and in the annual notice letter. • Page 2 with each of the Annual Report 1.15 of the Rules and Regulations, (1) Mining continued in Stages 2, B & D as approved, on the areas previously stripped. Mining continued in Stage 2, 11.05 ac ±; in Stage B, 0.61 ac. ± and in Stage D, 1.16 ac. ± as shown on Map 2 (green). The Plant Site in Stages W, Z and 2 is still in use (lite yellow). We have 7.32 acres in Stage 2 and 4.03 in Stage D stripped ready for mining (purple). The river bank erosion in Stages Y (300 ft) and Z (600 ft) stabilized this year (red) and no new erosion has occurred. (2) Most of the reclamation is complete in Stage 1 at this time. The lake reached its final level this spring and we began planting Broad-leaf and Narrow-leaf cattails in the area lined in green. During high water the area colored blue was inundated as we expected. No additional slopes were created this year in stage 2 because the mine face has not reached an area that will be lake shore area when mining is complete. All the revegetation areas in Stages X, Y and 1 are resoiled ready for seeding. The severe draught in 1995 & 1996 has impacted all vegetation on the site, therefore no revegetation efforts were made or required this year. We have 800 YD3 of topsoil stored in Stage 1 and 4,500 YD' in Stage 2 (orange). We have approximately 600 YD' of gravel stored near the topsoil in Stage 1 that will be used to dress the roads (dark green). (3) We will mine on 7.32 acres ± in Stage 2 this year (purple) and on the 4.03 acres ± stripped in Stage D (purple). If more area is needed we will resume stripping towards the east side of both stages. (4) The amendment submitted in 1981 explained that until we stop dewatering Stage 1 the chances of establishing vegetation in Stages X, Y and the banks of Stage 1, are very slim because of the very and conditions in this area. The unstable slope on the east side of the Stage 1 (1390 feet) has stabilized and we will begin to add material to complete the sloping in that area (dark blue). Bank sloping and grading will continue once mining is completed on a shore line that will not be disturbed in the future. if favorable weather patterns occur this winter and the ground water table stabilizes it may be possible to attempt seeding the areas west of and around the Stage 1 lake.