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May 261510:23a Naturita Commuity Library 9708652157 p.2 <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />May 22, 2015 <br />RE: Pond 11 and Monitor wells located on the Morgan Property <br />The rules for a minor revision does not require any notification, <br />any publications, or any time frame. Minor revisions can be <br />made immediately as the rules stipulate and all the equipment is <br />available today but will not be in the near future and will affect <br />our prime farmland. <br />Dear Mr Hernandez and Mr. Bowles: This is a formal request to <br />have pond 11 be reclaimed back to being a part of the prime <br />farmland field that it was prior to mining, right away. As Part <br />of a minor revision(1.04(73)) , We are requesting that pond I 1 <br />be reclaimed this week or as soon as possible because we will <br />be planting the permanent crop of alfalfa and the cover crop of <br />oats within the next two weeks as weather permits. Per rule <br />4.25(4) The aggregate total prime farmland acreage shall not be <br />decreased from what existed prior to mining. Water bodies, if <br />any, to be constructed during mining and reclamation operations <br />must be located within the post reclamation non -prime farmland <br />portions of the permit area. The creation of any such water <br />bodies must be approved by the Division and the consent of <br />ALL property owners within the permit area must be obtained. <br />We had strongly objected to a pond being put on this place and <br />