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<br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />Our conclusion is that the Site Reclamation Permit application is incomplete <br />and that additional site-specific studies aze required along with additional <br />details of mitigating plans. This information should be made available for <br />public comment before the Reclamation Permit is re-considered. The key <br />areas of concern aze: <br />Contradictions of water quality data to pre-existing information aze <br />sufficient enough to require a third party independent study of water <br />quality for the Piceance site. American Soda should be required to use <br />this independent study in the re-submission for a Site Reclamation <br />Permit. <br />The Reclamation Permit Application should include additional mitigating <br />plans for alternative scenarios not included in the application such as <br />pipeline failure, unforeseen subsidence and aquifer contamination to <br />name a few. <br />3. The operating conditions for the Reclamation Permit should correspond <br />with the operating conditions under which data has been gathered. <br />We also see other substantial deficiencies in American Soda's Reclamation <br />Permit application which are outlined in detail on the following pages. <br />BASIS OF CONCLUSION <br />Our opinion on this matter is based on over eighty yeazs of commercial scale <br />solution mining experience. Additionally, our opinion is based on the limited <br />amount of technical public information made available regazding the Yankee <br />Gulch Sodium Project and the limited amount of technical information <br />provided within the Reclamation Permit application. <br />