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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />08 December 2012 <br />Chi Chi Price, President <br />Oakridge Energy, Inc. <br />4613 Old Jacksboro Hwy <br />Wichita Falls, TX 76302 <br />Re: Carbon Junction Mine (Permit No. C- 1992 -080) <br />Permit Revision No. 1 (PR -01) Post Mining Land Use and Final Reclamation <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review <br />Dear Ms- Price: <br />The Division received your application for the subject revision, submitted by Savage and <br />Savage, Inc. on behalf of Oakridge Energy, Inc., on October 3, 2014. The application was <br />deemed complete for purposes of filing on October 9, 2014. On November 21, 2014, Oakridge <br />submitted Proof of Publication from the Durango Herald which verified that the Public Notice <br />appeared for four weeks between October 19 and November 9, 2014. <br />Notice of the application was provided by the Division to La Plata County; the Colorado <br />Division of Water Resources (DWR); Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW); the State Historical <br />Preservation Officer (SHPO); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). <br />Comments were received from the SHPO (on October 22, 2014), from CPW (on November 19, <br />2014), and from DWR (on November 28, 2014). The agency comment letters are enclosed, for <br />your reference. <br />With PR -01, Oakridge Energy seeks to revise the post mining land use and establish a reference <br />area for evaluating revegetation success - In addition, final details regarding reclamation of the <br />site, including identification of permanent structures, will be incorporated into the permit. A <br />revised version of the complete "Abridged Permit Document" (APD) comprised the application. <br />The Division has reviewed the materials provided for conformance with the Act and Rules. We <br />have identified a number of adequacy issues, which are itemized below. Many of these topics <br />were initially broached in a November 26, 2014 meeting between Division personnel and Mike <br />Savage. <br />2.04. 10 — Vegetation Information <br />1. Please amend this section of the APD to include information regarding the new PR -01 <br />reference area. <br />-cod <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />