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7625 Broadway <br />' noble <br />Suite 2200 200 <br />Denver. Colorado 80202 energy <br />Tel; 303.228.4000 <br />Fax: 303.228.4280 February 8, 2011 <br />State of Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Lafarge West, Inc.-Mining Operations (Iverson Property) <br />Township k North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. <br />Section 34: metes and bounds tract more specifically described at <br />Deed recorded at reception No. 2366836 <br />Weld County, CO <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br />Under a Development Application Referral received February 1, 2011, Tetra Tech as representative for Lafarge West, <br />Inc. ("Applicant") contacted Noble Energy, Inc. ("NEI"), regarding permit application for a Construction and <br />Materials Operation Reclamation Permit for aggregate development, including open pit gravel mining on the <br />captioned property ("Property"). NEI operates mineral leasehold and existing oil and gas wells (the "Wells") and <br />associated pipelines and facilities located on the Property. NEI is very concerned about the impact the proposed <br />development will have on its ability to continue to develop, produce, operate and maintain the Wells, pipelines and <br />access roads on the Property. NEI has not had recent contact with the Applicant relative to this proposal. To date, no <br />agreement has been finalized and NEI has received no written confirmation from the Applicant that NEI's real <br />property rights to use a reasonable portion of the surface for oil and gas operations and development are being <br />preserved. <br />NEI requests assurance from the State of Colorado that the proposed development will not preclude NEI from <br />developing, producing, operating, drilling and maintaining its Wells, related pipelines and access roads. Until this <br />matter is resolved by agreement with the Applicants, NEI is not waiving its rights as a mineral leasehold owner. Any <br />approval of the proposed development should be conditioned upon the preservation of NEI's real property rights that <br />allow it to make reasonable use of the surface of the lands for oil and gas development and operations. The proposed <br />development must take into account and provide adequate setbacks from NEI's current well sites, production facilities <br />and pipelines as well as continuous access to these assets. <br />NEI requests that these comments be entered into the record for the proposed development and that we continue to be <br />provided with advance notice of all other hearings and/or applications affecting the Property. If you have any <br />questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned at (303) 2284020. <br />Sincerely, <br />, INC. <br />Special Projects Coordinator <br />CC: <br />Cart Moore (email) <br />Denee DiLuigi (email) <br />Clerk to the Board of Weld County Commissioners', 915 10,h Street, Greeley, CO 80631 <br />Pam Hora, Tetra Tech, 1900 S. Sunset Street, Ste. I-F, Longmont, CO 80501 <br />Anne Johnson, Lafarge West, Inc., 11409 Business Park Circle, Ste. 200, Longmont, CO 80504