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Pitch Reclamation Project <br />Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board <br />2008 Annual <br />Reclamation Report <br />7.0 RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2009 <br />In addition to the continued monitoring of pit slope stability and water quality, <br />Homestake continues to move forward with final closure and reclamation of the Pitch <br />property. During 2009, the following activities are planned: <br />• Continue to monitor the Tie Camp Creek Disposal Cell for depressions <br />where water could pond, and manage the drainage off and around the cell. If <br />needed, perform supplemental scarification and seeding with a similar mix <br />used for revegetation throughout the property; <br />• Planting of tree seedlings on the face of the Indian Creek Waste Rock <br />Disposal area; <br />• Continued reclamation work on the constructed wetlands located in the <br />drainage area in the vicinity of the former RTP including placement of <br />additional organic material (e.g. peat) and other enhancement activities to <br />further promote sediment control; <br />• Make improvement to drainage channels on the east and south walls of the <br />North Pit and the east wall of the South Pit, and in other areas throughout <br />the property; <br />• Continued noxious weed control management; <br />• Conduct monthly and quarterly monitoring and reporting pursuant to the <br />CDPS permit at the POC SW-33 for water releases; <br />• Conduct annual surveys of the slope monitoring monuments and <br />inclinometers; and <br />Inspect and monitor waste rock dumps and sediment control embankment. <br />• Evaluate the cause of blockage in two of the piezometers in the Indian Creek <br />waste rock dump <br />• <br />15 <br />