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i ALy?dS'? OtviEFrl? 6'•f??rdi(rV e332? <br />30IA40 n-17,- s. O? "sl?4flr aMd21?J <br />Department of Energy OIOZ S 9 Inc <br />i Office of Legacy Management <br />July 20, 2010 64" <br />R -Lt?k 9 <br />Mr. Rich Ziegler, Vice President ifif) JUL 2 3 2010 <br />Golden Eagle Uranium, LLC JUL 2 S 2010 GRAND JUJ ' , i Ivdv Ha-LU OFFICE <br />6767 South Spruce Street, Suite 100 DIVISION OF <br />Centennial, CO 80112 Divan ct Rmc4TwA0n, RECLAAAAT WING & SAFELY <br />[ InitV tnd Ssf&Y <br />o- Do <br />Subject: Approval of Exploration Plans Submitted for DOE Lease Tra s -SR-15A anid <br />C-WM-17 <br />. to-ab?0-ob1 <br />Dear Mr. Ziegler: <br />The two Prospecting Notices of Intent (NOIs) for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Lease <br />Tracts C-SR-I 5A and C-WM-17 (each proposing 1 hole), submitted by Golden Eagle <br />Uranium, LLC (GEU) on April 16, 2010, have been reviewed by DOE and its contractor in <br />accordance with the Uranium Leasing Program Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment, <br />the Lease Agreements and the National Environmental Policy Act. The NOIs are hereby <br />approved as submitted, subject to the following stipulations: <br />1) No new roads shall be constructed; each drill site shall be accessed by existing roads. <br />These roads shall be improved only to the extent necessary to allow proper access of the <br />required equipment. <br />2) If subsurface cultural or paleontological resources are unearthed during operations, <br />activity in the vicinity of the cultural/paleontological resource shall cease and DOE and <br />the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall be notified immediately. Pursuant to <br />43 CFR 10.4, GEU must notify the authorized officer, by telephone, with written <br />confirmation, immediately upon the discovery of human remains, funerary items, sacred <br />objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Further, GEU must stop activities in the <br />vicinity of the discovery and protect it for 30 days or until notified to proceed by DOE. <br />Additionally, GEU is responsible for informing all persons associated with this project <br />that they will be subject to prosecution for knowingly disturbing Native American Indian <br />shrines, historic and prehistoric archaeology sites, or for collecting artifacts of any kind, <br />including historic items and/or arrowheads and pottery fragments from Federal lands. <br />3) Combustible materials located within each drill pad area shall be removed as necessary to <br />minimize fire danger. <br />4) During wet weather, when excessive damage can be caused by vehicle traffic, activities <br />shall cease until conditions improve. <br />2597 B 3/4 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503 ? 99 Research Park Road Morgantown, WV 26505 <br />1000 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20585 E 11025 Dover St., Suite 1000, Westminster, CO 80021 <br />10995 Hamilton-Cleves Highway, Harrison, OH 45030 C 955 Mound Road Miamisburg, OH 45342 <br />232 Energy Way, N. Las Vegas, NV 89030 ? <br />REPLY TO: Grand Junction Office