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Volume 7, Exhibit 14 <br />October 12, 2009 <br />I* <br />Bob Barnes: <br />Dear Bob: <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine unit train loadout will be regraded and seeded in the near future. <br />Bowie plans to plant the area with a premium irrigated pasture mix. The reclaimed area <br />will be irrigated and maintained for a number of years. After about five or six years <br />Bowie will need to gauge the success of its revegetation effort. Bowie would like to <br />compare the vegetation - on the reclaimed area with the vegetative growth in the field <br />west of your mouse. Your field would be considered the reference area. The <br />comparison would be performed as follows: <br />Production plots will be randomly placed in the reclaimed and reference areas and <br />clipped. Due to the herbaceous nature of the crop, production plots will be 114 meter in <br />size (112 meter by 112 meter). All current annual herbaceous production within the <br />volumetric vertical projection of each quadrat will be clipped, separated according to life <br />form, and bagged. The three life forms will include perennial species, annual species, <br />and noxious weeds. A maximum of 50 quadrads will be clipped which equates to 134 <br />square feet. <br />Bowie would also need to perform the comparison during the ninth and tenth year of the <br />vegetation effort. Bowie may also need to perform an initial sampling of your field in the <br />next year or two. In summary Bowie needs to have access to your field a few times in <br />the next ten plus years to perform the study explained above. Bowie will provide you 48 <br />hour advance verbal notice prior entering your property. Please signify your consent to <br />grant Bowie access to your field by signing in the space below. <br />Robert Barnes <br />C]A <br />TR -51 <br />& med <br />3O- N0v•zo09 <br />