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are complete; 3000 gpm of recycled water and 800 gpm of "make-up water" from the well. Using water from Recycling Pond A, Pump #1 provides a total of 1550 gpm to the Feed Hopper, the Telsmith Scrubber and the E1 Jay Screen in the equipment pit. From the same source, Pump #2 provides 1200 gpm to the Log Washer and the four Gold Jigs. Makeup water is provided from the well at the rate of 800 gpm, to the 5 ' by 16' Symons Screen, the 5 ' by 14 ' E1 Jay Screen and the Sand Screws in the upper equipment area. All used process water is caught in recovery pans and sumps, and converged and transported back to the Primary Settling Pond B. Here, clays and other mineral deposits settle out. The recycling water cycles from Pond B to Pond C, thence to the pumps and back to Pond A, where it is used again in the processing operation. Seepage losses are on-going, and during the summer months, evaporation and seepage from the pond complex can reach 1000 gallons per day. During the summer months, "make-up water" is pumped directly to the pond complex when this water is not needed in the processing operation. Pumping of water from the well #1 located at the Processing Facility has not adversely impacted, nor caused drawdown of, water levels in the domestic wells #2 and #3 located in the southern portion of the site. These wells are located at a distance of 2400 and 1800 feet, respectively, from well #1. It is not anticipated that wells located at a further distance away will be negatively impacted. 4. 5 GEOLOGY, SEISMICITY AND SOILS The E1 Rancho Rock and Sand, Inc. Quarry is located in California's Great Valley physiographic province. The valley is filled with Tertiary and Quaternary clastic sediments to depths of greater than 20, 000 feet. The project site is underlain by the Mehrten Formation of Miocene age, with localized capping layers of Tertiary Laguna Formation and Quaternary San Luis Ranch Alluvium. The geologic units are generally flat-lying or gently dipping toward the west. No known earthquake faults exist on or near the site. The Mehrten Formation consists of well-rounded andesitic conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and claystone of nonmarine, typically fluvial origins. The units are stratified, but discontinuous over large areas, with cut and fill channeling. Mudflow deposits derived from the Sierra Nevada occur as interbeds. The Laguna Formation consists of arkosic alluvium, gravel, sand and silt with pebbles of quartz and metamorphic fragments. The San Luis 21 CONDOR