2003-07-11_REVISION - M1978222UG

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,~. INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ~USA~ CORPORATION RECE1~/~~ JUL 212003 Division of Minerals and Cevlogy Independence Plaza, Suite 950 • 1050 Seventeenth Street • Denver, CO 80265 • 303 628 7798 (main) • 303 389 4125 (fax) July 9, 2003 Via Certified Mail a~~,~ ~~~ ' 1 ~ ~/ Mr. Steve Shuey ~i f~~~C t€,~a. o Environmental Protection Specialist ~"~^ Ft Nssn2~a ~ ~~~' Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology l/ Grand Junction Field Office 101 South 3`d Street, Room 301 Grand Junction CO 81501 ,~ Re: Request for Reduction of Financial Warranty, Monogram Mines Permit M-1978- 222UG / Dear Mr. Shuey: International Uranium (USA) Corporation (the "Operator") has completed final site reclamation items at those sites covered under the Monogram Mines Permit M-1978- 222UG (the "Permit"). The final reclamation work conducted under this Permit addressed the outstanding final reclamation actions identified by the Division of Minerals and Geology (the "Division") during site inspections conducted July 17, 2002. The following remaining final reclamation items were identified by the Division: 1. Signs and Markers. Installation of a Mine Identification sign was stipulated for the Great Hesper Pit site. Reclamation Completed: The Operator installed a Mine Identification sign at the Great Hesper Pit mine site. 2. Great Hesper No Division records exist to indicate that reseeding was ever conducted at this site. Past regrading has settled slightly and exposed small openings over old mine workings, and these openings need to be closed. Minor rifling that has occurred on the west end of the regraded area needs to be regraded. Debris and trash scattered about the general area needs to be removed. Seeding should be conducted in areas of current sparse vegetation cover. Reclamation Completed: The Operator conducted site cleanup and final reclamation in the Great Hesper pit area in late 2002. Trash and debris were collected and removed. Existing runoff/sediment catchment berms were regraded. The area within the Pit that exhibited minor Tilling was graded, cross berms were re-established, and the entire slope was cross-ripped. Several small diameter vent holes and shafts were present to the west of the pit highwall. While it is not clear that these vent holes and shafts were all associated with the Great Hesper Pit, the Operator filled and reclaimed all openings.