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Savage and Savage Environmental <br />practical solutions for environmental issues <br />4610 Haystack Drive 970 674 8080 telephone <br />Windsor, Colorado 80550 97067480&& facsimile <br />savageandsavageg earthlink.net <br />October 29, 2010 <br />Mr. Tom Kaldenbach, Environmental Protection Specialises <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />REC E$VeD <br />NOV 02 2010 <br />Division Uf K$3Gia47},' az)n, <br />Mining and Safzty <br />Re: Response to Observations in the September 15, 2010 and October 6, 2010 Inspection Reports <br />for the Carbon Junction Mine (CDRMS file C-1992-080) <br />Dear Tom: <br />On behalf of Oakridge Energy, Inc., owner and permittee of the reclaimed Carbon <br />Junction Mine, I am providing responses to observations and statements contained in <br />your September 15, 2010 and October 6, 2010 inspection reports for the Carbon Junction <br />Mine. <br />September 15, 2010 Inspection Report <br />Comments, Page 2 of 10, Paragraph 7 As a point of clarification, while the Division <br />retains reclamation bond for topsoil stockpiles 4, 7, and 8, the two sediment control <br />ponds (001 and 002), and sediment control system ditches, these features have all been <br />reclaimed or approved for retention in situ. The only remaining on-site reclamation <br />obligation for the Carbon Junction Mine is the reclamation or transfer of ownership of the <br />drill holes 17-1, 94-1, and 95-1. <br />Backfilling and Grading, Page 3 of 10. The low areas in the vicinity of the gravel <br />piticoal boundary are the responsibility and are within the permit area of the Four Corners <br />Materials Ewing Mesa #1 permit. I installed or replaced Carbon Junction Mine Permit <br />Boundary markers on October 6, 2010 in the areas in question. Please see appended <br />photographs. <br />Hydrologic Balance, Page 3 of 10, Pond 1 (large pond, outfall 001) and Pond 2 (small <br />pond, outfall 002). As a point of clarification, Pond 1 was backfilled, graded and <br />topsoiled in November and December 2008, as was Pond 002, and the sediment control <br />diversions adjacent to the ponds. <br />Carbon Junction Mine Page 1 <br />CI)KM5 September 15, 2010 and October 6, 2010 Inspection Responses