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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303)866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />August 2, 2000 <br />~~ <br />DI Vt570N OF <br />M[NERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MI NING•SAFETY <br />Mr. John Ehmann Bill Owens <br />General Chemical cO4pf°°` <br />90 East Halse Road eyes e. w°Id,er <br />y Executive Director <br />Parsippany, NJ 07054 r";<hael e. Lo„s <br />Division Director <br />RE: Technical Revision Submittal TR-003, American Soda, L.L.P., <br />Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project, Permit No. M-1999-002 <br />Dear Mr. Ehmann: <br />Please find enclosed a copy of the technical revision application submitted by American Soda, L.L.P. on <br />August 2, 2000. The technical revision is intended to incorporate ambient ground water data from within <br />and around the Yankee Gulch Project site into the reclamation permit and to establish permit conditions <br />protective of ground water. The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) will accept written comments on <br />the technical revision in accordance with Rules ].7.1 and 1.7.2 of the Hard Rock/Metal Mining Rules and <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board). The inclusion of Rule 1.7.2 in the <br />public comment procedures for this technical revision is the result of a Board Order issued at the time the <br />reclamation permit application was approved on June 23, 1999. Based on American Soda's intended <br />newspaper publication date of August 3, 2000 (see enclosure and Rule 1.6.2(d)), public comments must be <br />received by the DMG no later than 4:00 p.m. on August 14, 2000 to be considered in the application review <br />process (Rule 1.7.2(2)). ' <br />In accordance Stipulation No. 1 to Yankee Gulch Project Reclamation Permit No. M-1999-002, the <br />technical revision application will be considered by the Board in a Formal Public Hearing to be convened on <br />August 24, 2000. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible considering the <br />Board's agenda. The hearing will be held in Room 318 of the Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Denver. Colorado. <br />If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~`~ <br />Allen C. Sorenson <br />Reclamation Specialist <br />enclosure(s) <br />cc: Christopher Coyle, American Soda, L.L.C. (w/o enclosures) <br />c:\windows\personal\american soda thirty[wo.doc <br />