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3-01-200d 2:20PM FROM ROYAL MAIL SERVICE 50d+522+0688 p.7 <br />82/12/2aaa ~:27 9782495683 WESTWATER ASSOCIATES PAx~ 84/86 <br />1 <br />`€ <br />~p <br />Page, Paragraph 6: "The o~emtor drilled (holes itt the vertnit area in March of 2003 <br />tiro .r~ike/din of the shale. "- We did not receive logs included from the geotechnical <br />fir~rn, ~nly logs :from the consultant, We were tltissir{g appendix A of Lewicki's report <br />The trent wnsultant was not in the employ of the applicant at the eme of the dtillin3, <br />wherwas.his data obtained? Once again, strike and dip was confused wish an erosional <br />Parngmph 2: <br />" -The drill hole referred to izt this paragraph was actua]!y a completed well <br />drill by Connors Drilling without a permit rendering it illegal and requiring it to be <br />rem ed. T'he second portion of the paragraph refers to the likelihood of the variability of <br />the s rfaee of the shale. In a fluvial system there are erosional discontbrmities which <br />e gt'eat variability Ofan erosional surFace. Where are deep channels, bare, and . <br />islan s which are not necessarily eroded by the sttearu For example: Sunset Mesa <br />(Ho ack) .was once more than likely an island in the Uncompahgre river, Another poirrt <br />on variability of the shale is the occurrence of a shale hill protruding through the <br />gray ~ at the south end of the property, classi$ed by the U. S. Department ofAgricultuta <br />as C pets-Persayo-Rance Complex which is cotaprised of Cretaceous shale beds <br />s Shale), In addition, as testified earlier (TLD) the high water levels occur several <br />wee tv months post irri~arioa (Oct-Dec?). No supporting seasonal data has bees <br />Pag" ,Paragraph 3: There are several inconsistencies in this paragraph: the slopes to <br />the ofthe permit area are said to have no evidence of phreatophyte vegetation on the <br />s[o all vegetatioA occurs on the, bottom of the slope: is it on the slope or not? This is a <br />com on reaction of grotmdwater aquifers as they are terminated on an open slope. The <br />water level will rapidly increase as you move away from the open slope; this <br />proc is a mounded water table, recharged by irrigavon flows and is quite common <br />paragespK 1: <br />" - The Metcalf Pit <br />