MARK WAITE / PVT Wulfenstein Construction chip sealing on Gardenia Street at the far south end of Pahrump Monday are ignored by longhorn steers in a nearby corral. MARK WAITE / PVT Crews for Wulfenstein Construction chip seal Gardenia Street at the far south end of Pahrump Monday. Advertisement

It looks like a simple technology: use a truck to lay down some oil, spread some stones on top of it and follow it up with a roller truck to flatten the stones.

Thus the chip seal, a method that's been used to pave hundreds of miles every year.

While many Pahrump residents welcome the chip sealing of their street to eliminate those dusty cars, the main impetus is to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandates on dust abatement in Pahrump Valley or suffer the consequences of being listed as a non-attainment area.

Wulfenstein Construction Co. normally wins the bid every year. The long-time Pahrump paving company began this year's chip seal program Monday morning on the extreme south end of town, near the brothels, in Calvada Unit 14. Company president Jim Wulfenstein said the beginning of triple-digit heat in Pahrump this week is ideal weather for the chip seal program.

Last April, Nye County commissioners voted to approve a revised chip seal program for Pahrump, Amargosa Valley, Beatty and Crystal with a price tag of only $1.22 million, instead of the original $2.5 million program approved in July 2008. Part of the program cost will be extended into the 2009-10 fiscal year which begins July 1.

The 2009-10 program is targeting 22.66 miles of road, or 119,636 linear feet.

The chip seal list includes:

On the far west side, a number of streets will be chip-sealed from Corbin Street to the end, in quarter-mile or half-mile segments. They include Assay Lane, Beniah Street, Betty Avenue, Emma Street , Gerald Street, Grubstake Lane, Ingot Lane, Joshua Lane, Placer Lane and Victoria Street.

Begonia Street, Hardy Lane, Medicine Man Road and Prospector Lane will get a chip seal from Corbin Street to Warren Street, half-mile sections each.

Other streets on the west end that will be chip sealed include quarter-mile sections of California Street, Colorado Street, Oregon Street and Utah Street from Murphy Street to the end as well as Kick Street from Murphy Street to Seymour Lane. Woodchips Road will be chip sealed from Schifrin Street to the end of the pavement.

To the east, crews will chip seal a half-mile of Basin Avenue from Powerline Road to Higley Road.

The longer sections will be a mile each of Golden Valley Avenue and Sunland Avenue from Manse Road to Thousandaire Boulevard. Heritage Drive from Malibou Avenue to Golden Valley Avenue is on the list. Also targeted is Malibou Avenue from Thousandaire Boulevard to the end.

In the central area, just south of the Calvada Eye, the chip seal will include: Mandy Avenue from Ambush Street to Big Horn Street; Big Horn Street from Mount Charleston Drive to Mandy Avenue; Ambush Street from Marigold Way to Mandy Avenue; Kearney Street from Idaho Street to Sadie Way and Kearney Court from Kearney Street to the end; Laguna Street from Dandelion Street to the end; Mariposa Avenue from Mount Charleston Drive to Jaybird Street; Rodeo Avenue from Jaybird Street to Blackhorn Street; Sadie Way between Mount Charleston Drive and Kearney Street; Tecumseh Avenue between Hacienda Street and Ranchita Way; Heritage Drive and Mickey Street from Malibou Avenue to Golden Valley Avenue; and Malibou Avenue from the end of the pavement to Thousandaire Boulevard.

Toward the southwest end of town, streets on the 2009-10 chip seal list include Carberry Lane from Pahrump Valley Boulevard to the end; Kiowa Street from Blagg Road to Rodeo Avenue; Blackhorn Street from Blagg Road to Rodeo Avenue; Old West Avenue from Eaton Street to Deer Street; Pratt Street from Pahrump Valley Boulevard to the end; Dutch Ford Road from David Street to Linda Street and Deer Street from Red Rock Drive to Old West Avenue.

On the south side, the chip seal program includes: Santovito Street from Quarter Horse Avenue to Jane Avenue; Bridger Street from Julie Street to Quarter Horse Avenue; and Julie Street from Thousandaire Boulevard to Bridger Street.

At the far south end, streets scheduled for chip seal include Begonia Street from Homestead Road to Gardenia Street; Fuchsia Street from Oakridge Avenue to Gardenia Street; Oakridge Avenue from Silver Street to Fuchsia Street; and Gardenia Street from Begonia Street to Fuchsia Street;

On the other end of town, north of Simkins Road, streets on the chip seal list include: Bluebird Avenue from Blagg Road to Close Street; Capa Lane from Glencove Avenue to the end; Capistrano Court and Alabaster Court from Capa Lane to the end; Carrol Street from Mountain View to Carrol Court; Mae Road from Mountain View to the end; Mountain View from Alsina Lane to Carrol Street; Morin Way from Highway 160 to McKnight Avenue; Cheryl Street and Close Street from Harris Farm Road to Sloan Street; Gahn Drive from Carrol Street to Mae Road; Lola Lane from Bonita Avenue to Blosser Ranch Road and Sloan Street from Blagg Road to Ronnie Road.

In neighborhoods near the Pahrump Dairy, chip sealing is due for: Bonita Avenue from Blagg Road to Lola Lane; Buckboard Lane from Mesquite Avenue to the end; 2T Ranch Lane from Blagg Road to the end; Isaac Street from Leslie Street to the end; Patricia Avenue from Blagg Road to Lola Lane and Saddle Horn Lane from Mesquite Avenue to the end.

In the center of town Long Street from West Street to the end and Horgan Street from Wilson Road to Long Street. are on the chip seal list.