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~~ ~ I II I II I II IIII ~~~ 999 14300 Highway 12 Weston, Colorado 81091 (719)868-2761 FAX (719)868-2275 BASIN September 20, 1993 RESOURCES, ~N~. a subsidiary of ENTECH, Inc. Mr. Joseph Dudash Office of Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: Golden Eagle Mine Permit No. C-81-013 Modification to Stipulation 28 Dear Mr. Dudash: sEP 21 1993 C .. ...... ,,.. , ~. G~ ~:,~~,; Basin Resources proposes, as a minor permit revision, the addition of the following underlined language to the current version (as shown by the non-underlined text) of stipulation No: 28: The permittee shall perform a survey of the five potentially affected adobe constructed hcuses on a quarterly basis, in conformance with the requirements of Rule 2.05.6(6)(c)(i)(D), at such time as underground mining recommences within the First North mains. The purpose of the proposed additional language is to reflect the original understanding between Basin and the Department of Natural Resources in light of the revisions subsequently made to Basin's permit and mine plan: that Basin will incur obligations under Stipulation No. 28 at such time when it recommences mining operations within the vicinity of the five adobe houses. When it entered into Stipulation No. 28 in 1989, Basin contemplated that the First North mains might extend directly beneath or within an area that potentially could affect certain adobe constructed houses. However, as contemplated under the minor revision regulation, S 1.04(73); the timing and sequencing of mining within Basin's mine plan subsequently changed, indefinitely delaying the onset of the situation addressed in Stipulation No. 28. In August of 1988, Basin ceased all mining operations within the First North Area, and capped operations at a point more than 340 feet from the nearest of the potentially affected adobe houses. Basin's current mining operations and foreseeable mining plans do not