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Eavirnamenral ConstRdtrante, lac. <br />July 3, 2002 <br />Mr. Kent Crorham <br />Senior. Environmemal Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />21.5 Centennial Building <br />1313 ~$herman Street <br />Denver, CO 80203-2273 <br />~X~figiT~ <br />YiE: NOV CV-2002-008 - C*olden Eagle Mine (Permit C-81-013) <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />By this letter, Basin Resources Tnc: hereby submits information and requests abatement of the above <br />referenced Notice of Violation for the GoldenEagle Mine. The followingprovidesinformation for <br />khe points addressed in the NOV: <br />1. Failure to collect the annual water sample for CLAW-1, PAW-5 and PAW-6 -Bailing <br />equipment to sample these wells was lost in the mine during the November 2001 sampling. <br />As a result, the annual sample for these three wells was not completed until January 13, <br />2002. Miscommunicatianwlth the lab resulted in the short list ofp(trameters being analyzed <br />rather than the annual list. The lab is currently analyzing the annual list for the samples <br />collected during the May 2002 sampling for comparison purposes. These results will be <br />submitted as they are completed <br />2. .Fallure to sample for iron (dissolved) for twosemi-annual samples for CLAW-1, PAW-5 and <br />PAWS -Dissolved iron was inadvertently omitted from the analytical list for these two <br />samplings. This parameter will be added to the list for future samplings. <br />3. Failure to measure water level in lanttary, March, and April 2001 for GEM-2 -Technical <br />Revision 52 to the Golden Eagle Permit was approved by the Division in May 2001. T'ais <br />TR accelerated ttte monitoring frequency at GEM 2 from Quarterly to Monthly. As a result, <br />there was no requirement to sample GEM-2 during the referenced months. Basin requests <br />thai this point of the T7OV be vacated. <br />4. Failure to sample two semi-annual samples fur the short list 1'or GEM-2 -Basin does not <br />own the gas extraction equipment installed on the male shaft at the GEM-2 location, Basin <br />had requested during 2001 that Williams Production modify the shaft opening to allow bailer <br />access into the mine, At the time when samples were to be taken (May and November <br />2001), the modifications were not completed and samples Could not lie collected. Another <br />request has been made to Williams and they have indicated that the modification will he <br />5231 Sou(h J;~uellec Street • Greenwa~d Village, Colorado 8UJ 1] <br />Phone (303) R50-0930 • Fax (303) 721.92913 <br />Weh Slte: www.gtyslnne-urnaultanca.com • ]~m:til: gteystrn~eG9greys[one-ctmxuhanls,cuRi <br />9/Z 30Vd `Wd64~Z zo-e-nnr `Y640 688 EOE •`1V1N3WNOdIAN3 3NOl5A3d0 ~h8 1N3S <br />