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1.11 Intrudurtion and 1'ro,ject tiununar~ <br />Natural ~t,(ia. Ines (NS['s) ?(-U? I'r~ljcct tit:ttu, and Annual Rc{~(,rt ~,f lh~~cl~~lmtcnt i~ ~~uhmittcd <br />to Illllill the reyuiremcnts (rt~ Bl.~~t s(uiium leases, ('-Illy>•'h, l'-Ul 1~~~?. C'-(11 I~)~)~h, and C- <br />?-l?-) ;-; stated in I~edcr,tl Re`~ulati~rns -i~ CRn, Suhhart ;COI and ~~O?. and hrujcct Rccln-d c,i' <br />I)ccisi(~n dated .lanuar~~ ?(1, I (ri?. phis rclxn't is als~~ submitted tc- the C(~I(,rad(~ I~i~ isiun (-{~ <br />`'linerals and (_~r(~l(,4~_~'t(, meet re~luircmcnts tirr ;annual Rch(n-t anti {?istunc~d .~rca ~'la{~ her <br />State }permit number !~~1-1O~~-19~. This rch(~rt summariics NSl's ~l)ll? process (,{~rrati-~ns. <br />{~roductiun actin itics, reclamation status. ~~r(~t~rhnical and (:11~'lf(lnllluntal m(~niturin`~ rraults. as <br />~~ell as. the status of all surface Cacilitics and project ~~~ell~. <br />C)n I~chruar~~ ?l{, ?l)O; Natural Soda. Inc. (NSI) purchased th(: ~~'hitc Iti~er Nahcolitc Minerals <br />hrojcct.111 NSI operations arc located at the li,nncr ~~'hite Ricer \ahrolitc (~~'R\) and Nater <br />facilities. Operations at NSI continued titr(-u~~huut ?OO7 t(- meet market demands. I'n,{,r-scd <br />operations tirr ?(11)?~ ~~ ill he described in this report. Si~~ntttcant tcchntcal considerations and'ur <br />proposed clran~~~s in ~~{~~•rati(~n.:u'(: hre,cnt~(i. <br />2.11 I)escriptir-n of Nrr-ject :area <br />2.1 /_ncutiim u-r~! Rc;tiiur~ul Scltti~r, <br />I he ti>w- NSI sodium leases arc located in the I'iceancc Creek Basin. Rio Blanco Cuunt~ 01 <br />north~~~estcrn Colorado (see l~igurc ~-1 ;old ~-?l. 1_hc sodium lease tract; ;u'e located between <br />1'cllu~~ C~rcck an(I R~~an Mulch, approximately -! I miles ti~om Nlceker. Coloradr, and ~ ~ mile: <br />from Rillc. Colorado. fhc climate is semi-arid ~~ ith annual precipitation a~era~~in~~ 12-1-'• incltca. <br />I'recipit;rtion ,lencrally uccun as sno~+ fh,m Nu~~emher to March and as rain durin~~ the <br />remainder i,f~ the vcar. The ~e~~rtation is predominantly pition-pine. sa~~chrush. (,'tab juni{i~r. <br />~~estcrn ~~ hcat,.:rass, and needle thread brass. l he total area c(uttained ~~ ithin the ti,ur sodium <br />leases (,l' llllilln~ llnlt is ~,~~~.h acres. l~he principle operation is I~1S. ROti~'~', and Section ?h. <br />l~i~~urc ~-I shu~~, the: tiuttn'al S(:rda leases an(1 rc`~i(,nal nta{~ ;cttin~ and Fi~~urc _'-? shu~~~, sodium <br />leases ~~ ithin the I'iceance Basin. <br />I~i~urc 2 -1 <br />\SI Ilc~ional flap <br />179 <br />..~ <br />I,~ <br />Iw.u. \ ~ <br /> ~ <br />y~ <br />, ..,.. \ ~~ <br /> 13 <br /> <br /> ~ - - ~ <br /> J <br />~l ~1`~ <br />~ !~risrl Faw <br /> <br />~ Itk Itlapro <br />... <br /> <br />410 Iq,~n(•0 (Yr~...Yf~ <br />( - ~ <br /> W4/7PILroi ~i/ - - - - <br /> <br /> <br />o.,.~ <br />,)rculwf <br />I. <br />~~,>lorad„ <br />