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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />August 4, 2011 <br />Jeffrey C. Parsons <br />'Western Mining Action Project <br />P.O. Box 349 <br />Lyons, CO 80540 <br />Re: DRMS Response to Comments Received for Notice of Intent (NOI) P -2011 -021; <br />NOI Withdrawn by Applicant. <br />Dear Mr. Parsons, <br />Thank you for submitting the written comments, dated July 25, 2011, pertaining to the Notice of Intent <br />(NOI) named above, which was filed with the Division on July 6, 2011. The prospecting project is <br />located on a U.S. Depaitment of Energy (DOE) lease tract known as C- SR -12. As you correctly noted in <br />your letter, in June 2011, DOE announced its suspension of all reviews and decisions on proposed <br />activities on DOE lease tracts for 12 to 15 months in order to perform an updated analysis of its <br />programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS). The result of this is that, even though this <br />Division may approve an applicant's NOI for a project located on a DOE lease tract, and accept the <br />financial warranty for it, commencement of prospecting operations is precluded by the current DOE <br />suspension. In light of this situation, the applicant of this NOI, Colorado Plateau Partners LLC, has <br />chosen to withdraw this NOI from further review. The Division has approved the withdrawal request and <br />has closed the file on this project. <br />Thank you for your interest and for submittal of your comments. If you have any questions, please <br />contact me at the Division's Durango Field Office: 691 CR 233, Room A -2, Durango, CO 81301; <br />telephone 970 - 247 -5193. <br />Sincerely, <br />0 ly d <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Ut <br />Bob Oswald <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Ec: Steve Shuey, DRMS Grand Junction <br />Michael Leidich, Colorado Plateau Partners LLC <br />(c: \11 -08 docs \WMAP comm resp CSR12 /rco) <br />STATE OF OLOFADO <br />AU 08 2011 <br />Division or rceciamation, <br />Paining and Safety <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />—&— <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pifieda <br />Director <br />Office of <br />Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />