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~ ~'`~ <br />JOHN W. SUTHERS <br />Attorney General <br />CYNTHIA A. COFFDIAN <br />Chief Deputy Attorney General <br />DANIEL D. DOMENICO <br />Solicitor General <br />STATE OF COLORADO STATE SERVICES BUILDING <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW 1525 Sherman Street - 7th Floor <br />/ Denver Colorado 80203 <br />OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Phone ('303) 866-4500 <br />October 12, 2007 ~ <br />Mr. John Watson <br />Ryley Oarlock & Applewhite <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 1800 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br />Mr. Jeff Parsons <br />Western Mining Action Project <br />P.O. Box 349 <br />Lyons, Colorado 80540 <br />Mr. Travis Stills <br />Energy Minerals Law Center <br />1911 Main Avenue, Suite 238 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br />via electronic mail and regular mail <br />via electronic mail and regular mail <br />via electronic mail and regulm• mail <br />RE: Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety's Final Determt~ion of Designated Mining <br />Operation status for the SM-18 Mine and the JD-6, 8 and 9'Mines <br />/f'1- l9 ~7- 306 '~ <br />Gentlemen: <br />Pursuant to the October 12, 2007 deadline for the Division to make its final decision <br />concerning the Designated Mining Operation status of Cotter Corporation's JD 6, 8 and 9 Mines, <br />and the SM-18 Mine, as set forth in the Stipulated Motion to Continue the October Hearings and <br />to Grant the Parties Leave to File Future Motions ("Motion"), the Division hereby provides its <br />final DMO determinations in the attached document. Also pursuant to the Motion, I will be in <br />touch with all of you early next week to set up a conference call to discuss the procedural steps <br />going forward. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me <br />at (303)866-3782. <br />RECEiifED <br />t1r.T 16 tJU7 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />