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<br />1985'/2 SOUTH BROADWAY <br />DAUB & ASSOCIATES INC:`V/ GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81507-9649 <br />(970) 254-1224 <br />;, +. `tt? ^ 'fit`' ?•° e ,` FAX (970) 242-8438 <br />email: gjdaub@daubandassociates.com <br />March 4, 2011 RECEIVED <br />Mr. Steve S. Shuey MAR 0 4 2011 <br />Grand Junction Field Office GRAND JUNCTION FIELD OFFICE <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety? DMSION OF <br />101 South 3rd, Suite 301 RECLAMATION MINING & SAFETY <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />)(rA 05 <br />Re: Response to Notice of Determination that Natural Soda, Inc. Nahcolite <br />Project, Permit No. M-1983-194, Should be Permitted as a e?1 Mining <br />Operation (DMO) ? ft6ED <br />Dear Mr. Shuey: <br />MAR 21 ?011 <br />Division of Resl'IIellion, <br />Minino A i foty This This letter is sent in compliance with the Minerals Rules and Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Hard Rock, Metal and Designated Mining Operations, <br />Rule 7.2.3(1) to inform the DRMS that Natural Soda, Inc. (NSI) concurs and intends to <br />comply with the DMO status change to NSI's Permit No. M-1983-194. <br />NSI would like it known and understood that they do not produce any acid forming <br />materials for which the DRMS Hard Rock, Metal and Designated Mining Operations rules <br />appear to have been originally intended to manage. Additionally, the material that NSI <br />solution mines, and apparently what the DRMS is considering as "toxic", is sodium <br />bicarbonate (baking soda), a substance that commonly occurs in baked goods and <br />toothpaste. Research into the toxicity of baking soda yielded no practical findings. <br />A check for $5,692.00 is enclosed to cover the outstanding amendment application fee <br />brought about by the DMO status change to NSI's previously submitted Amendment 03. <br />We wish this letter to also serve as notification, per rule 7.2.3(2)(c), that Natural Soda and <br />Daub and Associates, Inc. requests additional time to prepare an Environmental <br />Protection Plan (EPP). This request is made in light of the fact that the spring through fall <br />seasons tend to be devoted to a significant amount of field work and consume available <br />man-hours. We anticipate completion and delivery of the EPP on or before March 7, <br />2012.