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RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES Reclamation activities during "the year revolved around the sixty acre Arkansas Aggregate Area (Area W . The five old Storke settling ponds were excavated and removed . The entire area was regraded for drainage control and contour. The Arkansas River was relocated to its approximate origi- nal channel and routed through the small ponds near the southwest edge of the Climax property. Approximately 75% of the area was topsoiled, fertilized and seeded (using the standard Climax formulas and seed mix) in early October. Work will continue in that area in 1988 . The river channel will be rip-rapped as needed to control bank erosion, and willow cuttings may be planted. In addition, seeding will be completed in 1988 . Final cost of this particular project will be in excess of $700, 000 . In addition to the active reclamation in the Arkansas Aggregate Area, engineering designs for the highway under- pass were essentially completed during the year. This road crossing of Colorado Highway 91 will be constructed in 1988 and will initiate major stabilization/reclamation activi- ties in the Robinson tailing pond area. INSPECTION/ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY During 1987 , Climax was inspected by the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) for wind blown tailing dust and for compliance with the Climax Dust Suppression Control Plan (on file with the APCD and the MLRD as a Technical Revision approved in early 1987 ) . Climax was given a clean inspection report from the APCD. Controlling blowing tailing dust was a major problem during the very dry and abnormally long snow-free period during 1987 . The dust suppression program began in mid-May and continued into early October at a cost of more than $250 , 000 . The program was a significant improvement over 1986, and generally was quite effective . Only one citizen complaint was received, and an immediate response letter was sent to this individual . The dust suppression program will continue in 1988. ANTICIPATED 1988 ACTIVITY A primary activity in 1988 will be writing and filing a major amendment to the Climax permit. This process, initi- ated in 1987, will bring the permit and reclamation plan I into closer conformity with the present and anticipated future operation scenarios at the mine. In addition, the amendment will present more concise, realistic and workable scheduling and reclamation plans as well as new , more -2-