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Additional Page <br />2009 Annual Report <br />Menzer Quarry <br />M- 1976- 009 -HR <br />Schmidt Construction Company <br />Anniversary Date: December 31 <br />Overview of Permit Year: During the 2009 operating year there was a moderate amount of activity at this site. <br />Production was down about 40% due to the low demand for aggregate. Mining occurred in the same areas as <br />was the case in 2008. <br />Annual Report Maps: Like the 2008 annual report map, this map is prepared using the new topographic <br />map prepared in 2004. Boundaries and zones of activity are the same as was the case in 2008. <br />Affected Lands: The amount of affected land has not increased from last year. Mining continued in the <br />previously disturbed land in the southwestern corner. <br />Revegetation: The site is stable and is not subject to erosion. No revegetation was done in 2009 as no land <br />was available to revegetate. <br />Expected Activity (2010): Mining will continue in areas that have already been opened for mining. Any <br />further expansion of the affected land will most likely occur in the middle sub -ridge of the western portions of <br />Phase 1 as that area is opened and a face created at the back of the quarry. Benching will be done such that <br />drainage will be routed across specially configured, very slightly sloping benches that will drain to the large <br />drainage separating Phase 1 and Phase 2. A new access route to the west end may be constructed in the coming <br />years that extends west along the drainage between Phase 1 and Phase 2. How far any of this goes in the next <br />year will be completely dependent on the state of the economy. Up to this point, Menzer has only been <br />moderately affected by the slowing economy. <br />Schmidt Construction Company 2009 Annual Report M -76- 009 -HR Menzer Quarry Page 1 of 1 <br />