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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br /> <br />COLORADO <br />D I V 2 S i O N o f <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />- April 6, 2009 <br />Mr. Roger Day <br />American Shale Oil, LLC <br />110 E. 3'*d Street, Suite 210 <br />Rifle, CO 81650 <br />yN <br />w <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />Re. American Shale Oil LL C, AAiISO RD &D Project - Phase I Modification, MD-01, Notice of <br />intent (NOI) P-2008-046, Approval <br />Mr. Day, <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining anti Safety has completed the review of the above referenced Notice of is <br />Intent modification application. It appears that all issues have been addressed and the application meets the <br />requirements of the Act and Rules. Therefore staff is pleased to inform American Shale Oil, LLC that <br />Modification No. I is approved. <br />Modification No. I addresses the following. <br />Changes to the drilling program which include the plugging and abandonment of a core <br />hole(already complete), installation of one new bore hole on the TM Pad, relocation of the 4 <br />tomography wells from the TP Pad to the TM Pad, deletion of wells T-1 and HB-l. <br />• The project now proposes to drill the boreholes on 5 drill pads rather than the originally proposed <br />four pads. <br />The modification reduces the total disturbance from 11.1 acres to 10.0 acres. <br />The terms of the Modification No. 1 approved by the Division are hereby incorporated into Permit No. P-2008-046. <br />All other conditions and requirements of Permit No. P-2008-046 remain in full force and effect. <br />The Division currently holds reclamation bond of $392,000.00 for this project which appears to be adequate to <br />reclaim the site due to the proposed overall reduction of the size and scope of the project. <br />If you need additional information, please contact me at the Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 S. 3rd St., Suite 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, <br />telephone no. 970.241.2042. 0 <br />office of nffirn of <br />Mined Land Reclamation r)pnvpr . r;ranrt htnrtinn • Mim,nan 4,# 4- :....t innr.:..., AA;-