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reclamation plan forms the basis for future Bid Documents. The field work and reclamation plans for the Number 5 Mine Light Use Roads, and Road G are completed. The field work and reclamation plan for Road F is about half done, and should be completed by September 11. After I finish the road survey in late September, I will do the field work needed to draft the reclamation plans for backfilling and grading of Mines 1,2,3 . Following that, I will finalize the reclamation plans for the Rock Tunnel Waste Dump (which I have already nearly completed) and Old Refuse Area. I will write the reclamation plans as I go, but anticipate a lot of office time in putting them into Bid Document format this winter. I would anticipate that the reclamation work at the Old Refuse Area and at the Rock Tunnel Waste Dump could begin in mid to late May. Work on the roads and at the entries would start in mid June, depending on snow melt. I assume that Maggie will want the Bid Documents by late January to stay on track. To facilitate this work, I am contracting to obtain new aerial stereoscopic photos of the site. The most recent air photos are from 1982 , and do not adequately depict the site as it currently exists. Cheryl has asked that I finalize the bond estimate which we had started to negotiate with OSM last spring. I will do this over the next several months, in conjunction with doing cost estimates for the Bid Documents. The big cost items which need to be resolved include the amount of backfill needed at the highwalls, and the relocation of Dutch Creek in the vicinity of the Office. I am also helping Cheryl develop interrogatories for the personal liability suit. She is working with OSM solicitor Dee Ann Owen in getting this and other discovery together. The suit has been reassigned to Eagle County District Court from Pitkin County. Cheryl and I agree that this is a good time to aggressively pursue discovery now that Mid-Continent is not doing the reclamation work. Dave had suggested that I spend some time on bidding out a smaller reclamation job in order to help familiarize myself with the contracting process. I think that this would be helpful for myself and probably save Maggie some grief in editing my work. Let me know what you may have in mind. Also, I am planning on attending a pre-Bid that Paul Krabacher is doing next week to help familiarize myself with that process. Paul will also be attending my first pre-Bid on the eleventh. I will be sending out a quarterly news letter to those people on the Coal Basin mailing list. This includes most of the people who attended the public meetings, as well as local State level legislators. Loretta helps with the editing of these news letters. This seems like a more effective communication tool than infrequent public meetings.