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Ref: 8P -W -GW <br />Mr. Roger Day <br />President and CEO <br />Natural Soda, Inc. <br />818 Taughenbaugh <br />P.O. Box 1330 <br />Rifle, CO 81650 <br />bhp <br />1 OS ( <br />J ac SED ST <br />A Q U NITED S TATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC E�EI`/ <br />©2�� Q ED <br />REGION 8 <br />+74 't PRO,'" mo d` 999 18T" STREET - SUITE 300 <br />DENVER, CO 80202 -2466 A PR 2 3 2003 <br />Phone 800 - 227 -8917 <br />http: / /www.epa.gov /region <br />APR 2 1 2003 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Nat fickM <br />Tioc <br />9,9 -o3 <br />Roc-IcSchcdi <br />RE: TERMINATION <br />UIC Permit No. CO30870 -00000 <br />Class III Area Permit for Solution Mining of <br />Nahcolite, Rio Blanco County, Colorado <br />Dear Mr. Day: <br />On January 24, 2003, the Region 8 Ground Water Program offices of the Environmental <br />Protection Agency (EPA) received your request to cancel Underground Injection Control (UIC) <br />Program Permit CO30870- 00000. According to your letter, no construction activity relating to <br />this UIC permit took place at the Rock School [sodium minerals] Lease and no UIC activity is <br />intended in the future at this site. EPA further understood that Natural Soda intends to maintain <br />this sodium lease with the BLM and that ground water monitoring will continue on a reduced <br />schedule using the existing ground water monitoring wells. <br />Public Notice of EPA intent to terminate this permit was published in the Meeker Herald <br />and the Rifle Citizen Telegram notifying the public of their opportunity to comment. The public <br />comment period ended on April 14, 2003. No comments on the proposed termination were <br />received from the public or other interested parties. <br />Therefore, pursuant to Part III Section B.1 of the Permit and in response to your request, <br />the EPA hereby terminates UIC Permit No. CO30870 -00000 for Class III injection well <br />solution mining of nahcolite at the Rock School Lease, and for the three wells currently <br />authorized under this Permit: Solution Mining Well #1 (CO30870- 04626), Solution Mining Well <br />#2 (CO30870- 04627), and Solution Mining Well #3 (CO30870- 04628). <br />ant Printed on Recycled Paper <br />