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The operator has placed an earthen berm around the fuel storage area please see the tow (2) <br />photographs attached to this report showing the area in question. The containment is sized large <br />enough to hold 125 % of the fuel if spilled. All of the empty drums have been properly disposed <br />of and are no longer on site. <br />Resolution of the problems/possible violations and there corrective actions follow: <br />1.) There is a maximum of 1590 lineal feet and height of the highwall allowed on site presently <br />approved the operator proposes the following and the attached technical revision drawings sheets <br />1 of 6 to 6 of 6 for reference: <br />THE OPERATOR DESIRES TO MINE THIS SITE AS <br />A TOTAL UNIT WITH OUT ANY PHASING. THIS WILL AID IN THE SELECTION OF <br />PRODUCTS TO BE MINED AS THE MARKET DEMANDS. PRIOR PRACTICE TO <br />THIS TECHNICAL REVISION WAS TO MINE ONLY ONE COMMODITY AT A TIME. <br />THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ECONOMIC CLIMATE, THIS MINE WILL NEED TO <br />PRODUCE SEVERAL OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONCURRENTLY. <br />BY WAY OF THIS CHANGE IN OPERATIONAL STRATEGY, THE OPERATOR <br />WOULD REQUEST THAT THE HIGHWALL SITUATION BE MODIFIED AS WELL. A <br />NECESSARY PART OF THIS MINING OPERATION NECESSITATES HIGH WALLS <br />IN ORDER TO GET TO THE CLAY. A MINING OPERATION IN THIS TYPE OF <br />TERRAIN DICTATES THAT HIGHWALL BE BENCHED AND MINED TO A DEPTH <br />THAT ENABLES THE MINER TO RECOVER THE RESOURCE. HIGHWALLS AT <br />SOME AREAS MAY REACH HAS HIGH AS 45 FEET FROM THE TOE OF THE <br />HIGHWALL ASSUMING THAT THE HIGHWALL IS GEOLOGICALLY STABLE THE <br />OPERATOR BELIEVES THAT A MAXIMUM OF 45 FEET IN HEIGHT IS FEASIBLE. <br />ACCORDINGLY, THE OPERATOR WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE 1570 LINEAL <br />FEET OF HIGHWALL STATED IN THE ORIGINAL PERMIT TO A STATEMENT, <br />THAT REELECTS THE REALITY OF THE MINE CONDITIONS AND WHERE THE <br />RESOURCE IS IN THE STRATUM. SUCH AS" THAT THE HIGHWALL WILL NOT <br />EXCEED 45 FEET MAXIMUM HEIGHT, AND THAT THE COMPOSITION OF THE <br />ROCK MASS MAKING UP THE HIGHWALL IS DEEMED GEOLOGICALLY <br />STABLE". <br />THE TECHNICAL REVISION REQUESTED WILL ENABLE THE OPERATOR TO <br />PLAN THE POST MINING RECLAMATION IN A FASHION THAT WILL ENHANCE <br />THE AFFECTED LANDS AFTER MINING HAS CONCLUDE. ADDITIONALLY THE <br />MINER/OPERATOR WILL NOT HAVE TO UNNECESSARILY MOVE THUS CAUSING <br />LESS EROSION AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS THAT MOVING <br />STOCKPILES CREATES. <br />THE PROFILE OF THE HIGHWALL AFTER RECLAMATION EFFORTS WILL <br />REDUCE THE HIGHWALL. THE FINAL SHAPE WILL REFLECT A FACE OF THE <br />HIGHWALL RANGING BETWEEN 309 TO 359 FROM VERTICAL. THIS SLOPE WILL <br />BE GEOLOGICALLY STABLE AND WILL BLEND INTO THE LANDSCAPE OF THE <br />SURROUNDING AREA. <br />2.) THE OLD DRUMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MINE SITE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS <br />ATTACHED.