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Permittee: WHITEWATER BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. PAGE 2 <br />Permit #: M-1977-129 <br />Operation Name: WHITEWATER 500 PIT <br />Anniversary Date: 09122/08 <br />As mining is ending in Stage 2, we are starting preparations <br />for moving the processing plant and mining activities to <br />Stage 3 - PART A, north of the river. Please refer to Map <br />Sheet 2 of 2 when reviewing the information provided on that <br />area. This was done by stripping and mining 18.00 acres ± on <br />the north end of Stage - PART A and removing the topsoil on <br />a 6.00 acres raw material storage area in the northwest part <br />of Stage 6. When the processing plant is moved to the new <br />Industrial Site on Coffman Road material will be removed <br />from the raw material stockpile to the plant site immedi- <br />ately west of this storage area. <br />(2) Sloping was completed on 965 feet around the perimeter of <br />Stage 2 - PART A and the final 815 feet of slope in Phase 2 <br />- PART B (green). The blue hatched areas show where we have <br />material stored to create slopes in Stages 2 - PART A. Only <br />final grading is necessary on these two areas. <br />Sloping was completed around the freshwater pond/settling <br />pond in Stage 3 - PART A as it was constructed. We continue <br />to monitor the area in Stage 4 - PART B that was reclaimed <br />in 2005. No seeding has been done around Stage 2 - parts A <br />& B on Stage 3 - part A. These areas are still being de- <br />watered so ground moisture is still too low for successful <br />revegetation. Per the landowners request we backfilled and <br />completed sloping on 2.50 acres in the corner of Stage 2 - <br />PART A (dark blue) . <br />There is approximately 20,000 cy of overburden stored in <br />Phase 2 - PARTS A, & B & Phase D that will be used on the <br />alpha stages and in Phase 2 - PART A as needed (orange). <br />These piles are in a constant state of flux with material <br />being added and removed as areas are stripped and resoiled. <br />The settling pond is still being used to clean process water <br />(gray). The stockpiles on the lake bottom in Phase 2 - PART <br />A will be removed or leveled as needed. The access corridor <br />is being utilized to cross the highway (heavy blue line). <br />weed control continued this year on the area around the <br />active mine and on the area around Phase 2- PARTS A & B. We <br />sprayed Knapweed and White Top from May 29th to June 19th <br />with water soluble 2-4-D and Curtail'". Approximately 3000 <br />gallons of spray mix was use. This is still an uphill <br />battle since there is little or no control taking place on <br />properties surrounding the mine and seed is being wind blown <br />in from offsite areas that we have no control over. Spray- <br />ing will continue as needed. Tamarisk control and Russian <br />Olive removal continued along the mine access road and on <br />the western side of Stage 2 - PART A.