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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Depamnent of Natural Resources <br />1313 Shemlan 5[., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3031 8663567 <br />FAX: 1303) 8328106 <br />February 6, 2007 <br />Mr. Matt Collins <br />Mount Royale Ventures, LLC <br />9145 Sunshine Canyon Dr. <br />Boulder, CO 80302 <br />RE: "Adequacy Review Comments", Comprehensive Water Monitoring Plan & <br />Non-Designated Mining Operation Certification, Technical Revisiou No. 5, <br />Cash Mine, Permit No. M-1983-141, Class: Revision Type-Seq.: TR-5 <br />Deaz Mr. Collins: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />RECIaMArtoN <br />MINING <br />-&- <br />SAFETY <br />em owem <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. campy <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resourre Trustee <br />Listed below are adequacy review comments pertaining to your December 8, 2006 Technical <br />Revision Request -Comprehensive Water Monitoring Plan &Non-Designated Mining <br />Operation Certification. Please respond to the concerns listed below on or before February 6, <br />2007. If you need additional time to prepaze a response, you may request an extension of the <br />decision date. Such request must be made in writing on or before February 6, 2007. <br />Comprehensive Water Monitoring Plan <br />1. In response to Rule 3.1.7(7xb)(iii), please clarify how the reporting of water monitoring <br />results from the previous yeaz will be reported to the Division. (The Division suggests that the <br />operator commit to submittal of results in the form of an Annual Water Monitoring Report which <br />lists data collected during the previous yeaz, summary of results, discussion of whether impacts <br />to surface and/or groundwater have been minimized, and whether there is a need for any <br />mitigation measures). <br />2. In response to Rule 3.1.7(7)(b)(iii), please clarify how an exceedance of a baseline water <br />quality pazameter will be determined, reported to the Division, and mitigated. <br />3. In response to Rule 3.1.7(7)(b)(vii), please clarify the time schedule for implementation of <br />re-construction ofup-gradient well (MW-t) and construction ofdown-gradient well (MW-5) <br />4. h3, response to Rule 3.1.7(7)(b)(viii), please clarify how and when five (5) quarters of baseline <br />water monitoring data will be collected and submitted. As a component of this Comprehensive <br />Water Monitoring Plan, the operator must provide a commitment and determination of the <br />"baseline" surface and groundwater monitoring data to be established for the Cash Mine and then <br />summarize the results such that any future or on-going water monitoring data maybe compazed <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Rxlamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />