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III Temporary Suspension Plan: Background and Proposed Modifications <br />As a result of a variety of economic and business conditions, it may be necessary for American Soda to <br />temporarily suspend some or all of its injection operations from time to time. The current permit <br />conditions did not envision this case and some of the current permit conditions and activities are not <br />appropriate if injection has temporarily ceased. Consequently, American Soda requested the <br />establishment of permit conditions and activities that are appropriate to those periods when solution <br />mining operations have been temporarily suspended. <br />Proposed Modifications for Temporary Suspension of Minim Operations: <br />• The following new Section G is proposed to be added to Part II of the Permit. <br />G. Temporary Suspension Plan <br />The permittee may temporarily or intermittently suspend mining operations and underground <br />injection in some or all wells. During periods of temporary suspension, the permittee shall not <br />actively mine by underground injection of fluids and shall operate its facility in accordance with <br />the following requirements. <br />At the time a well is placed in temporary suspension status, there shall be no injection into that <br />well. Injection may resume only after a mechanical integrity test has demonstrated mechanical <br />integrity and written permission from the Director is received. In order to assure the possible <br />restart of well field operations at a future time, the wells will be placed,in a state of temporary . <br />suspension using the following procedures: <br />1. Notification <br />a. The permittee shall give advance written notice to the Director, as soon as possible, <br />prior to commencing temporary suspension of well operations. Notice shall include <br />identification of all wells to be placed in temporary suspension status. <br />b. A well shall not be deemed to be in temporary suspension mode until 5 business days <br />after the date that notification of temporary suspension is sent to the Director. <br />c. In addition to receiving written authorization to resume injection as specified in <br />II(G) above, the permittee shall give written notice to the Director within 5 business <br />days of actually resuming well operations and shall identify all wells returned to <br />service. For any well that has suspended operations for more than two years, the <br />permittee shall notify the Director 30 days prior to resuming operation of the well. <br />2. Well Operation <br />FINAL Addendum to SOB For Modification No. 9, UIC Area Permit No. CO30858-00000 Page 10 of 29 <br />