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October 20, 2011 <br />Dave Berry <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St, Rm 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: New Horizon Mine — Permit No. C- 1981 -008 <br />Technical Revision No. 61 (TR-61) — Soil Sampling and Analysis Plan PAR -2 Response <br />Dear Mr. Berry <br />Greg Lewicki And Associates, PLLC <br />11541 Warrington Court Phone: (303) 346 -5196 Fax (303 )-346 -6934 <br />Parker, CO USA 80138 E -Mail: info@lewicki.biz <br />Re <br />N0V 032011 <br />Division o Keciamation, <br />Wining and Safety <br />The following is the Western Fuels - Colorado (WFC) response to the second DRMS and OSM review of <br />Technical Revision 61 (TR -61) to the New Horizon Mine permit. <br />1) The Office of Surface Mining (OSM) had two remaining issues when it comes to the <br />SAP of TR -61. Please clarify that OSM's understanding is accurate regarding the unsuitability <br />of stockpiled soils below the depth at which impermeable materials are encountered with the <br />probe, in instances where a new probe location is not selected (as described above); <br />OSM's understanding is not accurate regarding their interpretation of the soil quality below the refusal <br />depth. This SAP does not attempt to interpret any data prior to collection. This SAP is only intended <br />to outline how the data will be collected and what laboratory analysis will be conducted ,on the <br />collected samples. In other words, no interpretations will be done until all laboratory and field data is <br />collected, analyzed and compiled. <br />The SAP has been updated with a commitment that 80% of sample locations succeed at reaching the <br />bottom of the stockpile. This is to ensure that the SAP can assemble as complete a data set regarding <br />the stockpiles as possible. <br />2) The sampling plan should include: For the Lift B stockpile boring's, the number of soil <br />samples taken from each probe should be increased from 4 to 8, while these samples should be <br />increased from 4 to 6 for the largest Lift A stockpile. <br />