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8 <br />1 The amount of reclamation that could be accomplished <br />2 with the reclamation bond moneys that the state had was <br />3 eroded by inflation. So by 1994, why, yes, the job <br />4 that was accomplished was inadequate, and to use Dave's <br />5 own words, it's been left in a mess. <br />6 My real objections to the plan that the <br />7 state put forth, yes, they did ask for our <br />8 recommendations what should be done, and the road was <br />9 the top priority. We thought the road will not last <br />10 through a season once Energy Fuel ceases mining and <br />11 stops maintaining the road because it's an extremely <br />12 high maintenance road, and it will not last through one <br />13 more heavy rainstorm, in fact, once Energy is gone. <br />14 We did not get any more input from the <br />15 state as to their plans until after the bid meeting. <br />16 That was our first indication that there ever was a <br />17 plan that had been formulated was following the bid <br />18 meeting, and at that point we requested the <br />19 specifications. <br />20 And it was only then that we found out <br />21 that, yes, this is a grandiose road that was to be <br />22 constructed for $40,000. Its 930 feet of road for <br />23 $40,000. It was going to have a culvert eight feet in <br />24 diameter under it, 75 feet long in order to accomplish <br />25 the assignment that the state decided the bond would be <br />