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June 10, 2008 <br />RECEIVED <br />SL-1 I <br />Ms: Marcia Talvitie <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />215 Centennial Building Division oy ?,", __ion, <br />1313 Sherman St Mining and Safety <br />Denver CO 80203-2273 <br />Dear Ms. Talvitie; <br />My name is Ward E. Burbridge and I am writing in regards. to the attached letter that, we <br />received from Western Fuels this week. <br />The purpose of this letter is to properly notify you that I am protesting the release of <br />Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the bonds pertaining to our property. (Permit #C-81-008) <br />There are numerous reasons that I am protesting the release of these mentioned bonds. <br />There are SEVERAL sink holes on our property. Most of these lay on the west side of the <br />pipe line, but there a few on the east side as well. <br />These sink holes cause more than one problem. As the sink hole fills with water and <br />washes away the ground, it takes away the growth. Additionally, as the water runs out of <br />the sink hole, it causes large divots in the ground that makes farming the area over and <br />around the sink hole, almost impossible. With terrible sinkholes, gravity fed irrigation <br />will be almost impossible in the long term effect. Our contract is supposed to be <br />completed in two years. If those sink holes are not corrected, and the water is returned to <br />the property so we can ditch irrigate, those sink holes will prevent the water from <br />traveling to the area of ground that needs irrigation. <br />As we discussed with Ross Gubka today, we believe that there is a simple solution to this <br />problem. We would like to see the holes filled in, possibly with a land planer, moving <br />the already existing ground from one area to another, knocking down the larger rolling <br />hills and smoothing them into farmable ground. This would eliminate the problem of <br />finding adequate top soil and also, help return the ground to a closer level that it was <br />before mining took place. <br />I would like to request that you take time to come and visit our property on two different <br />occasions. I would like you to see the ground now, before we cut our first cutting of hay. <br />Then, I would like you to return shortly after we do cut the hay and remove it from the <br />fields. This way, you can see the `before' and `after' of what the ground and sink holes <br />look like. You can view for yourself, the large marks from these sink holes and the <br />difference in the hay that comes from these areas. We have found that the grass from the <br />