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~. <br />iii iiiiiiiiuiii m <br />Greg Lewicki And Associates <br />1645 Court Place, Suite 309 <br />Denver,ColoraJo 80202 <br />Phone/Fa: (303) 629-9335 <br />f. <br />May 18, 1995 ~E `(~~~~ <br />Dan Mathews r~Y ;?, ~, 995 <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />„_„1 ;. <br />2148 Broadway Suite 133 ~ON,mwnolMinera~BGeo~ogy <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81503 -"'°'~ GlandJundlon <br />Dear Dan: <br />We appreciate that you and Paul Krabacher were able to meet Earl Madden and T at the <br />Fruita Mines reclaimed site on May 8. As eve discussed, 1 am sending this letter to a) <br />try to define what we agreed was the status of the site, b) determine what additional <br />items were needed for remaining bond release and cj try to lay out some approximate <br />time schedule for the remaining course of events. Regarding your question on the site <br />as to why eve were even there,'the answer is that vve did the reclamation on this site, <br />we are proud of it, and we feel that American Shield is entitled to receive the vast <br />majority of their bond ($36,000) upon completion of some minor additional work. This <br />forfeiture was quite a unique case since it was basically the only alternative for the <br />DMG to fight OSM on the high~vall issue. Later, OSM in Washington ruled that AFO <br />was wrong but it was too late. ~ <br />From our review of the site on May 8, it is my understanding that we basically agreed <br />that the lower reclaimed areas were currently adequate from a vegetation standpoint. <br />Also, all areas were adequate from the standpoint of erosion, since the total cover of all <br />areas vas equal or better to that of the surrounding undisturbed ground. <br />You and Paul pointed out that although the fill slope from the upper bench and the <br />lower Anchor portal reclaimed area had a good overall cover, it was primarily annual <br />cheatgrass, and these areas needed more perennial vegetation. In total, the areas that to <br />require more perennials are approximately: <br />2 acres on the large fill slope <br />0.5 acres on the lower backfilled area <br />2.5 acres total <br />