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JOHN W.SUTHERS Attorney General CYNTHIA H. COFFMAN Chief Deputy Attorney General DANIEL D. DOMIENICO Solicitor General t o Matthew R. Montgomery U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Denver Regulatory Office 9307 South Wadsworth Blvd. Littleton, CO 80128 -6901 Dear Mr. Montgomery: STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW ✓ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL May 11, 2011 Sincerely, RE: ,Ralston Creek Temporary Diversion Pipeline at the Schwartzwalder Mine FOR THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD Elizabeth Paranhos, Chair / 3d c) STATE SERVICES BUILDING 1525 Sherman Street - 7th Floor Denver Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866 -4500 On March 14, 2011, Charlotte Neitzel, attorney for Cotter Corporation (N.S.L.), forwarded a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for approval or endorsement of Cotter's conceptual plan for construction of a diversion pipeline at Cotter's Schwartzwalder Mine located near Golden, Colorado. The Corps' request was in conjunction with Cotter's application for Nationwide Permit Number 38.: Cleanup of Hazardous and Toxic Waste. For purposes of Cotter qualifying for the above -cited Nationwide Permit, the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board and Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety agree with the proposed Ralston Creek Temporary Diversion Pipeline at the Schwartzwalder Mine as conceptually and generally described in a letter from Wright Water Engineers entitled "Summary — Design Concept for Ralston Creek Temporary Diversion Pipeline at Schwartzwalder Mine," dated March 14, 2011. The Board's and Division's agreement is subject to approval by the Board and/or the Division of an appropriate permit modification to Cotter's State Reclamation Permit No. M- 1977 -300 and approval of all other federal and state licenses or approvals applicable to the diversion pipeline.