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energy fuels coal, inc. <br />southfield mine • post office box 459 • Florence, colorado 81226 • (719) 784-6395 <br />April 23, 2010 <br />Mr. Rob Zuber, P.E. <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman St - Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Rob Zuber: <br />RECEIVED <br />APR Z 6 2010 <br />DlVtmtCis i v rev t 'r`r0a:lF 3f1, <br />Mining &M Su* <br /> <br />In response to your email dated 04-01-10 asking about a 4 acre discrepancy for "Areas Approved as <br />Permanent" that you found in the 2009 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR), I am enclosing a corrected copy <br />of the 2009 Annual Reclamation Report for your review and file. Only the Summary of Disturbance Table <br />on page 5 of the report reflects the change for correction. Following is explanation of the discrepancy. <br />In reviewing our files, I saw in the 2005 ARR, it references, "Areas PENDING Permanence" in the <br />Summary of Disturbance Table (page 5). <br />Year 2005 was the era prior to requesting the change of Temporary status for Pond "F" to permanence, <br />(TR-22). The area effected was approximately 3 acres. Additionally, two road segments, the temp light <br />use road to the former Pond G area (north of the county road) and a segment of the mine entrance road <br />commencing at the intersection of CR 12E & the mine road were approved for Permanent Light Use status. <br />The permanence of the roads was approved in the Mine Permit Renewal, RN-05. The two road segments <br />make up the additional 1 acre totaling the 4 acre discrepancy that you found. <br />Although the 4 acres (the discrepancy) had been updated to permanent status in the summaries, I had <br />inadvertently overlooked updating it in the respective Annual Reclamation Reports (ARR's). It does not <br />change the subtotal or total acres of disturbance but does change the detail of the Areas Approved as <br />Permanent from 36.1 to 40.1 in the respective ARR's and reduces the "Reclaimed greater than 10 years" <br />line from 345.6 to 341.6 acres in the Summary of Disturbance Table (page 5). The table has been updated <br />to show these changes. <br />Thank you for bringing this to our attention. <br />Sincerely, <br />eorge V Patterson <br />General Mine Mgr