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INTERNATIONAL <br />`~ URANIUM ~USA~ <br />CORPORATION <br />JAN 2 6 ?004 <br />Independence Plaza, Suite 950 • I050 Seventeenth Street • Denver, CO 80265 • 303 628 7798 <br />January 21, 2004 <br />Bob Oswald <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />/ Division on Minerals & Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />701 Camino del Rio <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />Re: Topaz Mine, Permit M-1980-055 !~R •- <br />Response to Review of Final Reclamation Map <br />Dear Mr. Oswald: <br />•~merais , ,;.. <br />(ma~n~ •430,3,389 4125 (fax) <br />Re~N~~ <br />/qN 2 <br />3X04 ,,, <br />~lti"lsip~~f~t~~~ ~ ~~~ <br />Ge% <br />(~~uw-oP ~, ~-ol) <br />International Uranium (USA) Corporation (the "Operator") has received the review comments, <br />dated January 7, 2004, from the Division. of Minerals and Geology (the "Division") on the <br />proposed Final Reclamation Map for the Topaz Mine, Permit M-1980-055 (the "Permit"). <br />The Operator understands that the Division accepts the Reclamation Map in its present form, and <br />that the Division does not require the Operator to make any further revisions to the map. To aid <br />the Division in consolidation of the complete reclamation plan and in updating the final <br />reclamation bond estimate, the Operator provides the following responses to the Division's <br />January 7 correspondence. <br />Undated Reclamation Map <br />New map is accepted in present form, .. ,and includes all items specific to recent inspections <br />and recent Technical Revision. <br />Response: No Response. <br />Anomalous spot elevation, ... ,does not require correction. <br />Response: The posted elevation is probably not in error, rather the "original" <br />contours shown in this area should have been revised slightly due to the excavation made here. <br />If one contour interval is redrawn to pass above the flattened area (worker parking area), such <br />that there is a cut bank above the flat area, then the spot elevation would fit and the <br />representation would be a bit more precise. This was a minor oversight when the map was <br />updated. <br />Updated Reclamation Costs <br />Even with careful placement, this (placing debris in decline) may require beginning the <br />bac)~lUburial at least 100 feet in from the entrance. <br />