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� WATEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY dba McAtee Paving Company • Sterling Redi Mix Company • Green Bros. Ready Mix P.O. Box 1908 • Sterling, Colorado 80751 Phone: 970-522-3647 • Fax: 970-522-9725 March 3, 2014 Mr. Tom Kaldenbagh Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman St, # 215 Denver, CO 20203 Dear Mr. Kaldenbagh; RE: Riverside Pit - M- 1976 -056 L Request for partial release. RECEIVE D MAR 0 4 2014 Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED This letter is a formal request for a release on parts of the reclamation responsibility for the above mine. On September 16, 2013 the South Platte River flooded the mine area causing the river to erode the north and south banks of the eastern most reclamation phase (Lake Robert). Now 5 month later the river still flows thru the lake area that was Lake Robert and does not appear to be returning to its original channel. This area was essentially reclaimed and we were just waiting to the grass to grow so it could be released from the permit area. The attached map shows how the area looks now. One branch of the river enters the permit area in the southeast corner and leaves the mine on the north end. All of the underwater slopes have been destroyed as the lake is now part of the river channel. The flood damaged the vegetation along all sides of the lake area and everything east of the river is now inaccessible from the mine. The cost to restore this area to the pre- flooding conditions is cost prohibitive and would entail relocating the river to it's original channel. Something we do not feel is our responsibility since it broke thru the original bank on the adjoining property to the south. In addition, all of the site would have to be regraded; topsoil would have to be imported since it was washed away by flooding; trees would have to be replaced and the site rAn Equal Employment Opportunity Employer