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Exhibit A <br />Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor <br />Martha E. Rudolph, Executive Director <br />Dedicated to protecting and Improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S. <br />Denver, Colorado 80246 -1530 <br />Phone (303) 692-2000 <br />TDD Line (303) 691 -7700 <br />Located in Glendale, Colorado <br />httpJ/www.odphe.state.co.us <br />June 1, 2010 <br />Laboratory Services Division <br />8100 Lowry Blvd. <br />Denver, Colorado 80230-6928 <br />(303) 692 -3090 <br />Mr. Gus M. Gaviotis, Registered Agent <br />Cotter Corporation (Schwartzwalder Mine) <br />7800 E Dorado Pl., Ste. 210 <br />Greenwood Village, CO 80111 <br />Dear Mr. Gaviotis: <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Colorado Department <br />of Public Health <br />andEnviroruneut <br />Certified Mail Number: 7009 1680 0000 2094 4756 <br />RE: Service of Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order, Number: I0- 100601 -1 <br />Cotter Corporation is hereby served with the enclosed Notice of Violation / Cease and Desist <br />Order (the "NOV /CDO "). This NOV /CDO is issued by the. Colorado Department of Public <br />Health and Environment's Water Quality Control Division (the "Division ") pursuant to the <br />authority given to the Division by § §25 -8 -602 and 25 -8 -605, C.R.S., of the Colorado Water <br />Qualify Control Act, (the "Act "). The Division bases this NOV /CDO upon findings that Cotter <br />Corporation has violated the Act, and/or permit regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act, as <br />described in the enclosed NOV /CDO. <br />Pursuant to §25-8-603, C.R.S., Cotter Corporation is required, within thirty (30) calendar days of <br />issuance of this NOV /CDO, to submit to the Division an answer admitting or denying each <br />paragraph of the Findings. of Fact and responding to the Notice of Violation. <br />This action could result in the imposition of civil penalties. The Division is authorized pursuant <br />to §25 -8 -608, C.R.S., to impose a penalty of $10,000 per day for each day during which such <br />violation occurs. <br />Please be advised that the Division is continuing its investigation into this matter and the <br />Division may identify supplementary violations that warrant amendments to this NOV /CDO or <br />the issuance of additional enforcement actions. <br />