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` c \?.sLQ.e; <br />'O 11‘ S SLS <br />August 15, 2011 <br />Mr. Travis Marshall <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />101 South 3` Street, Suite 301 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 <br />Mr. Kent Walter, Manager <br />White River Field Office <br />US Bureau of Land Management <br />220 East Market Street <br />Meeker, CO 81641 <br />Ms. Wendy Cheung <br />US EPA Region 8 <br />Mailcode: 8P -W -GW <br />1595 Wynkoop Street <br />Denver, CO 80202 -1129 <br />RE: Step Rate Test (Well TM -1) and Resistivity & Porosity Logs (Well BH -1) <br />American Shale Oil, LLC <br />Dear Mr. Marshall, Mr. Walter, and Ms. Cheung: <br />• Attachment A: Step Rate Test (Well TM -1) <br />• Attachment B: Resistivity & Porosity Logs (Well BH -1) <br />Well TM -1 Step Rate Test <br />American Shale Oil, LLC <br />110 East 3 Street, Suite 201 <br />P.O. Box 1470 <br />Rifle, CO 81650 <br />Phone: 970 - 625 -4324 <br />Fax: 970 - 625 -4318 <br />Qoce,holti C,o► tbc,r. G' e. t v- <br />1 <br />"TM -1 <br />R ecovvio <br />i g Q11 <br />Di Wi <br />Wing d Safety <br />American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO) is submitting the attached information in accordance with Appendix B <br />(Logging and Testing Requirements) of AMSO's Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Permit <br />(Permit No. CO52154- 08524): <br />A step rate test was performed to provide the information needed to confirm that the Maximum Allowable <br />Injection Pressure (MAIP) established in the UIC permit does not exceed the fracture pressure of the <br />injection zone. The MAIP specified in the permit is 1,025 psi. The test was conducted in accordance with <br />AMSO's revised step rate testing procedure that was approved by EPA on April 4, 2011. Testing was <br />performed on May 3, 2011 by Single Jack Testing & Services, Inc., under the supervision of AMSO's on- <br />site geological consultant. A cross section showing the well and test configuration, a step rate test report, <br />and the EPA - approved testing procedure are presented in Attachment A. The step rate test report presents <br />