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3.2 Proposed 2008 Activities and Schedule 3.2.1 Processing Natural Soda, Inc. anticipates sales in excess of 100,000 tons in 2008. Five boil outs of five day durations are planned in 2008. Additional maintenance related activities will continue throughout the year to enhance production. 3.2.2 Well field During 2008, it is anticipated that a new vertical recovery well, 7H-1V, will be drilled into the existing 7H well bore; in addition, work will be performed on 7H-2I to facilitate communication between the injection well and new vertical recovery well. It is also anticipated that at least one core hole will be drilled into the as yet undrilled 9H cavity. In addition, new nitrogen water sampling equipment will continue to be installed in dedicated monitor wells throughout the year. 4.0 2007 Project Activities 4.1 On-Site Facilities and Process Description 4.1.1 General Arrangement Figures 2-1 and 2-lA illustrate location of project leases and mining area. 4.1.2 Lab Operation /Sanitation/ ISO In 2007, activities continued in the lab to provide analysis for process control, quality assurance, and regulatory requirements. • Plant operators performed process control analyses. • Chloride levels were measured on the #1 product three times per twelve-hour shift and patch tests were run once per shift to measure insolubles. • Pests were controlled with the use of two UV bug lights, the placement of rodent traps around the interior walls of the plant, and the utilization of an ultrasonic bird repeller in the warehouse. • AWWA, FDA, NSF, Kosher, and ISO certifications were obtained. 4.1.3 Process, Utilities, Facilities The following process related activities occurred during 2007: • Anew roof was installed on the storage dome. 4.1.4 Wells Associated With the NSI Project The following well-field related activities occurred in 2007: • Well 6H was worked over after the reversal of flow. The piping was scrapped and the perforations were opened to allow better flow. • Well SH-1 V was worked over after several months of pumping to bailout fines from the perforated slots. In addition, the new pump was not functioning correctly and was replaced. • Obsolete piping and insulation are being removed form the well field. A summary of NSI wells as of 01/01/2008 follows: • Three active production wells (SH, SH-1V, 6H) • Two inactive production wells (7H-IR and 7H-2I) • Four shut in production wells (4A-4V, 4A-6V, 3A-SV and 1-3A)