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Permittee: WHITEWATER BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. PAGE 3 <br />Permit #: M-1977-129 <br />Operation Name: WHITEWATER 500 PIT <br />Anniversary Date: 09122/009 <br />landowner building sites were graded in this area also <br />(pink). The above water areas in Stage 2 - PART B were <br />seeded after the water level stabilized (green). <br />Slope material has been placed along 1185 feet of area <br />on the northwest side of Stage 2 - PART A. This area <br />is scheduled to start reclamation during the winter of <br />2009-10. Once mining and processing ends south of the <br />river in Stage 2 - PART A final grading, shaping, <br />resoiling and revegetation will be done. <br />Sloping was completed around the freshwater <br />pond/settling pond in Stage 3 - PART A as it was <br />constructed. No additional reclamation is required on <br />areas north of the river. <br />There is approximately 8,000 cy of overburden stored <br />in Phase D that will be used on the alpha stages <br />(orange). We estimate there is approximately 48,000 <br />yards of overburden stored in Stage 6 and another <br />39,000 yards stored in Stage 3 - PART B (brown). These <br />piles are in a constant state of flux with material <br />being added and removed as areas are stripped and <br />resoiled. The settling ponds are still being used to <br />clean process water (dark blue). <br />Weed control continued this year on the area around <br />the active mine in the areas around Phase 2- PARTS A & <br />B. We sprayed Knapweed and White Top from April thru <br />July 2009 with water soluble 2-4-D and Curtail'. This <br />is still an uphill battle since there is little or no <br />control taking place on properties surrounding the <br />mine and seed is being wind blown in from offsite <br />areas that we have no control <br />over. Spraying will continue as needed. Tamarisk <br />control and Russian Olive removal continued along the <br />mine access road and on the western side of Stage 2 - <br />PART A.