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.SG.S Mf~BiAL.S S~IACES Juty 26, 2003 Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office 2103 East Park Avenue P. O. Box 68 Kremmling, Cobrado 80459-0068 Attn: Ms. Paula Belcher 2804 Hackathorne Lane, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 Office 30782-7917 Cellular 30780-2006 Fax 307-682-7951 RE: Abandonment of Fourteen Shalbw Monitoring Wells on the Energy Fuels properly, east of Walden, Colorado. Dear Ms. Belcher. During July 16 and 17, 2003, fourteen shallow montoring wells were abandoned per the request of the Kermmling office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The fourteen wells are located on the attached map. The wells are located in Williams Draw north of the Gosed Energy Fuels Kerr Mine, east of Walden, Colorado. The work was supervised by Brant Dennis and was assisted in the work by Glenn E Sessions & Sons, Walden, Colorado. The original project was to abandon twelve shallow monitoring wells. However, two additional wells were discovered during this abandonment project and with the concurrence of BLM personnel, these two monitoring wells were abandoned. The original twelve wells were: X-5 10 13 G-2 X~ 11 14 G~ 9 12 G-1 WDN2 Eleven of the twelve monitoring wells planned for abandonment are labeled based on the monitoring well map prepared July 2002 and referenced by Energy Fuels, the BLM, and the Stake Engineers office for this and the 2002 project. Well WDN2 was originally unidentified and was not located on the control base map. The well identification is based on a label on the plastic casing. The iwo additional monitoring wells which were abandoned are labeled "A" and "B". These wells were also not identfied on the 2000 base map. The shallow monitoring wells, except for G-1, were plugged in the following manner. 1. The use of a rubber-tired backhce aided in the abandonment. 2. Following the removal of metal stakes and loose tires around each well, the well stickup, water level depth and well depth were recorded. 3. The casing was cutoff at ground surface and the casing filled with Gean sand to at least three feet below ground surface. 4. The backhce dug to a depth of approximatery three feet below ground surface, removing all casing to depth. 5. A round concrete tube form {cut to three feet in length) was placed in the small excavation on top of the exposed sand plugged well. 6. The excavated hole was partially backfilled and concrete placed in the open tube, from the bottom of the tube to within sa inches of the ground surface. 7. A metal post was positioned in the concrete and then the excavation completey backfilled. 8. A metal tag with the well's alphanumeric identficetion designation was attached to the metal post at each sde. 9. The badchce smoothed the site and the site raked in preparation for seeding. For monitoring well G-1, only concrete was used to fill the hole after casing removal, since the bottom of the hole was two feet below ground surface.