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number and location of well pads and the location and length of associated temporary <br />access roads are known. The access roads have not been laid out for the remaining <br />five mining panels. <br />The following cut volumes were determined by Agapito for the 0-5 year mining panel. <br />Fill volumes would approximate cut volumes and would represent the volumes that <br />would need to be moved to re-create original contours in reclamation of the panels. <br />Drill Pads in 0-5 year mine panel <br />Cut = 115,089 cubic yards <br />• Temporary Roads in 0-5 year mine panel <br />Cut = 112,440 cubic yards <br />The spacing of solution mining wells in the remaining mining panels could change in the <br />future but is assumed to be the same as the spacing of solution mining wells in the 0-5 <br />year mining panel. Therefore, the number of solution mining wells is proportional to the <br />size of the mining panel, and the length of the temporary access roads connecting the <br />solution mining wells is also proportional to the size of the mining panel. Furthermore, <br />the topography of the remaining mining panels will be similar to the topography of the 0- <br />5 year mining panel, i.e., they will occur primarily on ridge tops, and cut and fill volumes <br />will be based on similar slopes. Therefore, cut and fill volumes for the remaining mining <br />panels can be projected based on their size relative to the size of the 0-5 year mining <br />panel. The calculated cut volumes for drill pads and associated temporary access <br />roads for the respective mining panels are given in Table L-1. <br />Table L-1 Estimated Cut Volumes and Total Disturbance Area for Drill Pads and <br />Associated Temporary Access Roads <br />Mining <br />Panel <br />Designation Total <br />Area of <br />Panel <br />acres Estimated Cut for <br />Drill Pads <br />(cubic yards) Estimated Cut for <br />Associated Temporary <br />Access Roads <br />cubic yards) Estimated <br />Total <br />Disturbance <br />Area acres <br />0-5 160 115,000 112,000 75 <br />5-10 209 150,000 147,000 98 <br />10-15 172 124,000 121,000 81 <br />15-20 167 120,000 117,000 78 <br />20-25 125 90,000 88,000 59 <br />25-30 197 142,000 138,000 92 <br />As indicated in Table L-1, the 5-10 year mining panel is the largest of the six panels. <br />Therefore, the greatest amount of reclamation required for the drill pads and associated <br />temporary access roads would occur at the end of mining in the 5-10 year mining panel <br />and would total approximately 300,000 cubic yards of earth to be moved. <br />L-2