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RECEIVED1NOV212017 <br />11111 TC04DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />cotter MINING AND SAFETY <br />0 Violations <br />November 22 2017 DMC GRM <br />Mr G Russell Means <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 <br />Denver CO 80203 <br />Re JD 6 Mine Permit o M 1977 310 otice of Temporary Cessation <br />Dear Mr Means <br />Pursuant to Colorado Hard Rock Metal and Designated Mining Operations Rule 1 13 5 and <br />the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety s Division letter to Cotter Corporation <br />N S L Cotter dated June 29 2017 Cotter requests a five year extension of the current <br />period of temporary cessation for the JD 6 Mine Permit No M 1977 310 As reflected in <br />the Division s letter on May 7 2013 the Mined Land Reclamation Board Board signed <br />an order approving an initial five year period of temporary cessation for the JD 6 Mine <br />which commenced December 15 2012 This notice requests a second five year period of <br />temporary cessation for the JD 6 Mine commencing December 15 2017 and ending <br />December 15 2022 To obtain approval of the second five year period of temporary <br />cessation and as directed in the Division s June 29 2017 letter Cotter requests a hearing <br />before the Board at its December 2017 meeting currently scheduled for December 13 14 <br />2017 pursuant to Colo Rev Stat 34 32 103 6 a III and Hard Rock Metal Mining Rule <br />1 13 5 1 b <br />Production at the JD 6 Mine has been suspended due to adverse uranium market conditions <br />The mining operation also could not and cannot now recommence due to the injunction <br />ordered by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in Colorado <br />Environmental Coalition v Office of Legacy Management 819 F Supp 2d 1193 1224 225 <br />D Colo 2011 Although the District Court subsequently amended its injunction to exclude <br />from the injunction s scope certain maintenance and reclamation activities and other work it <br />did not exclude from the injunction and accordingly still does not authorize exploration <br />drilling and mining on Uranium Lease Management Program lands Colorado <br />Environmental Coalition v Office of Legacy Management 2012 WL 628547 D Colo Feb <br />27 2012 Earlier this year the District Court confirmed that the injunction remains in <br />effect Colorado Environmental Coalition v Office of Legacy Management No 08 cv <br />1624 WJM MJW Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion to Supplement D Colo March 7 <br />2017 ECF 146 at 3 That injunction remains in effect The injunction covers the <br />JD 6 Mine <br />Cotter Corporation N S L Telephone 720 554 6200 <br />7800 E Dorado Place Ste 210 Fax 720 554 6201 <br />Greenwood Village CO 80111