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ei�— <br />DAUB & ASSOCIATES, INC w ; <br />September 16, 2015 <br />Division of Reclarnation, -Mioi :g �:md Safety <br />Attn- Minerals Division <br />1313 Sherman Street, Roo ;1 '215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />1985 % SOUTH BROADWAY <br />GRAND .!UNCTION, CO 81507-9649 <br />;970; 21-4-1224 <br />FAX (970) 242-8438 <br />email• gjdaub@daubandassociates.com <br />wsnnv.dau bandassociates.com <br />RECEIVED <br />" SEP Z <br />DIVISI06r CF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />Re: Natural Soda LLC, Nahcolite Project, Permit No. MAS83^1194 - Notice of <br />CompJ-etiQn-of---Raclarnation aid - Request -for -Release-of _-Recta- atisn. <br />Responsibility,... <br />Natural Soda LLC (NS) hereb�i ;notifies the Cocrado Divcion of Reclamation, Mining <br />C t q 1 �4 n-^mrinT e;�i PA-! <br />a1-1 d �a�ety (QRh S : , .,�., .icn of ce.. _ :, rr, piti, a� `ivities. ISIS requests <br />adjustments to DRMS financial +warranty documents and the: release of the financial <br />warranty associated with these activities. <br />NS' mining operation (DRMS permit No. M-1983-194) operates on lands wholly <br />owned and managed by the Department of Interior. Bureau of Land Management <br />(BLM). The address for the managing BLM office is: <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />vti bite + :ver Field <br />220 t- Market Street. <br />kk+s er. 11-,,0 81641 <br />The reclamatifln and financial warranty adi:!stml,art activities irclude: <br />• Bond reduction resulting from wells, pads, and roads which were bondeJ for <br />in 2014 but were not constructed (i.e. no disturbance). There are no future <br />plans to construct these wells, pads or roads. <br />• Bond reduction resulting from well bore ;:.i ug and abandon (P&A) activity <br />which occurred in 2014 and 2015. <br />• A third portion of the requ --::ted bond adiustment :eSLIKSfrom our opinion that <br />the DRMS may have introduced errors !r: fl— more recent NS CIRCES bond <br />calculation dacu:rnent (M-193-3-194, rn^re sp,,, :ifically: <br />The 6/2'1 LJ (-.'!RCF- : may have mistakenly reintrocuced and required <br />NS to hond for wells previously released tr%nn P&A. bonding (94-1M) or <br />listed on a different mining permit (refer to Rock School No. M-1999- <br />051, SI -2. : e'vi&ec1 and dated 8/27114, with a 9!".01114 dated cover <br />l-tterl. <br />Additjo;-7aliy we b� iieve that the 11)R�1" n:a�,f ;�?ve-- mistakein!y omitted <br />r:•ertain IRI walls (4 o►: which were P -V- � o` In :,'.t'. fione M--1983-194 <br />CIPIC' _IS document dated 6x'2/15. We btaiie°aye 'hFg. "he NS IRI wells <br />AF & Report referred to were correctly a:-tc pmperiy accounted 3or and bonded in <br />,l No Violations <br />the M-1983-194 C!RCES dated 8/21 / 14 Witrl the 9!1A cover letter. <br />SPECIALIZING !N PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROi OG!CAL. yECI-INiCAL AND PERMITTING SERVICES <br />