PERMIT FILE - 9/3/2008, 9:15:35 AM-MR1

• Permit No: P2008043
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 8/21/2008
• Doc Name: Additional needed items for NOI
• From: Powertech ‎(USA)‎ Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: ACS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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POWERTECII (USA) INC.
August 20, 2008
Allen C. Sorenson
Senior Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Additional Needed Items for NOI # P-2008-043 (Non-Confidential Portion)
Centennial and Indian Springs Projects, Weld County, Colorado
Dear Mr. Sorenson,
This letter has been prepared in response to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
(DRMS) letter to Powertech (USA) Inc. (Powertech) dated August 18, 2008, which states that
the Powertech application for Notice of Intent (NOI) File Number P-2008-043 requires
additional information related to hole abandonment procedures and standard operating
procedures. Contained within this package you will find the non-confidential portion of
additional information needed for DRMS to complete its review of the application. There is no
additional confidential information to be submitted regarding this NOI.
Powertech will act in accordance with rule 5.4.2(5) which requires that during drill hole
abandonment the upper ten feet of each hole be filled with Portland cement grout. Also, since the
lands to be drilled under NOI File Number P-2008-043 have the potential to be cropped,
Powertech will ensure that any casing will be cut off and removed and that the top of the cement
plugs will be completed three feet below the ground surface, with the upper three feet backfilled
with native soil and mounded.
Included in this transmittal as Attachment A are the initially requested standard operating
procedures (SOPS) as well as the additional standard operating procedures related to data
validation, collection of groundwater field parameters, and record keeping and note taking.
The two groundwater monitoring wells proposed in the NOI will be used to sample groundwater
to determine groundwater chemistry in preparation for future test work that may be conducted in
that vicinity. Laboratory analyses will be conducted for some or all of those parameters listed in
attachment B. In addition, groundwater elevation and field parameters will be collected.
I have reviewed my copy of the attachments submitted August 1 and did not observe any pages
that are illegible due to portions of the text being cut off at the edges. I did notice a shadow of the
word `SOP' in the upper right-hand corner that appears to be an artifact of scanning and/or
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