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DUFFORD WALDECK <br />® t„ MILBURN KROHN LLP <br />Att orneys a L aw <br />William H. T. Frey <br />Nathan A. Keever <br />Richard H. Krohn <br />Michael A. Kuzminski* <br />Christopher G. McAnany* <br />John R. Pierce+ <br />Sam D. Starritt t <br />William S. DeFord <br />Jenna H. Keller <br />Matthew A. Montgomery <br />Annie D. Murphy-. <br />Laird T. Milburn <br />Or Counsel <br />D.J. Dufford <br />{1919 -1998) <br />William G. Waldeck <br />(1923 -2009) <br />. Alm Admitted in Oregon <br />• Also Admitted In Utah <br />- Atso Admitted to Utah 8 Vasco* <br />• Also Admitted m Wyoming <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO <br />744 Horizon Court <br />Suite 300 <br />Grand Junction <br />Colorado, 81506 <br />Tel. 970241.5500 <br />Fax 970.243,7738 <br />MONTROSE, COLORADO <br />Tel. 970.249.4500 <br />MOAB, UTAH <br />Tel. 435.259.2225 <br />:Ilk Al 0 .111. thu <br />November 15, 2011 <br />David Berry <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 213 <br />Denver, CO, 80203 <br />By: Electronic Mail, David.Berry and First Class Mail <br />Re: New Horizon Mine, Permit No. C1981 -008, Technical Revision <br />No. 61, Soil Sampling and Analysis Plan <br />Dear Mr. Berry: <br />On behalf of my clients Mike Morgan, Joellen Turner, Frank Morgan, and <br />Mary Lou Morgan, I write to follow up on one concern relative to Technical <br />Revision No. 61. At the outset, we have no objection to the planned soil testing <br />scheduled on the Morgan property for November 22 through approximately <br />December 2, as referenced in the recent email from counsel for Western Fuels <br />Colorado, LLC ( "WFC "). Representatives of the Morgan family will plan on <br />attending. <br />However, the Morgan family has continuing objections to the legality and <br />content of Permit Revision Number 6. Those objections are currently stayed <br />while the investigations mandated by Office of Surface Mining and the Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining & Safety are carried out. The Morgan family has asked <br />me to reiterate on their behalf that their agreement with the Soil Sampling and <br />Analysis Plan as contemplated by TR -61 is not to be construed to be an <br />admission as to the suitability of any reclamation plans offered by WFC in PR -6. <br />In doing so we are relying in part on the statement by WFC representative Ben <br />Langenfeld in the review comment correspondence to DRMS, dated October 20, <br />2011, stating: <br />"the SAP laid out in TR -61 is designed to gather data for the purpose of <br />determining the best practices going forward in reclaiming the Morgan <br />Property prime farmland..TR -61 is not intended to begin this reevaluation.." <br />