2011-02-18_REVISION - P2008046 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: P2008046
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/18/2011
• Doc Name: Response to notice of deficiency ‎(MD-05)‎
• From: American Shale Oil LLC
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: MD5
• Email Name: THM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

American Shale Oil, LLC?
110 East 3`d Street, Suite 201
P.O. Box 1470
Rifle, CO 81650
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
February 17, 2011
RECEIVED
FEB 18 2011
Mr. Travis Marshall
Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety
101 South 3`d Street, Suite 301
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
RE: Responses to Notice of Deficiency, NOI No. P-2008-046, MD-5
Dear Mr. Marshall:
GRAND JLINCTION r[ELL) OFFICE
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION MINING A SAFETY
American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO) has prepared this letter in response to your letter dated
February 16, 2011 regarding a Notice of Deficiency in AMSO's January 31, 2011 submittal of
Modification 05 to NOI No. P-2008-046. A response to each of the issues identified in your
referenced letter is provided below.
1. AMSO acknowledges that DRMS has increased the post-operational monitoring period
from three years to five years. Therefore, post-operational monitoring will be conducted
quarterly for a one-year period (four events) following operations and annually thereafter
for an addition four-year period (four events) rather than an additional two-year period as
was previously approved. During each sampling event, groundwater samples will be
collected from one downgradient well completed in the L3 hydrostratigraphic unit and
one downgradient well completed in the B-Groove hydrostratigraphic unit. In addition,
one surface-water sample will be collected at the monitoring station established on Black
Sulphur Creek. A cost estimate for each sampling event, prepared by Western Water &
Land, Inc. (WWL), is provided below
Labor - 27 hours (2 people at combined rate of $125.00/hour):
Travel - vehicle expense:
Supplies/Field Instrumentation:
Sample Shipment:
Laboratory Analysis - 3 samples/round at $1,200.00/sample:
Total per 1 event:
$ 3,375.00
200.00
225.00
100.00
3,600.00
$ 7,500.00
Total per 8 events: $60,000.00