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MIS5,s <br />American Shale Oil, LLC <br /> <br />MAR 3 1 2009 March 13, 2009 <br />Mr. Kent Walter, Manager <br />White River Field Office Divisio ' of Recl:mation, c <br />N?iaing and Safety RECEIVED V <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />220 East Market Street <br />Meeker CO 81641 ?' Z mO ?r b MAR 13 2009 <br />M ° 0 l GRAND JUNCTION ricLU OFFICE <br />RE: Oil Shale Lease COC69169 DIMION OF <br />Amendment to Addendum to the Plan of Operations RECLAMATION MINING M SAFETY <br />Dear Kent: <br />As you know, AMSO constructed our Test Pad and drilled, then subsequently plugged and abandoned, <br />a core hole (CH-01) on the Test Pad. Information gleaned from CH-01 requires some changes to our <br />approved Addendum to the Plan of Operations (Addendum). <br />Initially, we discovered a fault running across our Test Pad as described in the Paleontological Survey' <br />prepared by Dr. Robert Young and submitted to Mike Selle of the BLM-WRFO. This fault lies in the <br />area of our previously planned ink situ retort described in our Addendum. Consequently, AMSO has <br />modified the drill pad layouts on tlie, RD&D Lease Tract. <br />We are currently finalizing plans for our in-situ test, and we will present those plans to you in the near <br />future as part of our Plan of Development. First, however, AMSO wishes to continue with our Phase I <br />site characterization - in particular our baseline water monitoring program. <br />We have submitted the enclosed modification to our approved Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting' <br />to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS). This modification explains our <br />request to change the drill pad layouts on our Lease Tract. <br />AMSO requests that you accept this letter of explanation and the enclosed submittal to the DRMS as an <br />amendment to our approved Addendum. We wish to begin construction of the new drill pad layouts in <br />mid April, drill the wells, and initiaie water monitoring in May. <br />Please contact me if you have any <br />Sincerely, <br />American Shale Oil, LLC <br />Roger L. Day ' <br />VP of Operations <br />or desire more information. <br />Copy: Travis Marshall - DRMS w/o enclosure