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reclamation of the mine, in accordance with the reclamation plan <br />theretofore approved by the Division. Funds from the plan first <br />o v <br />became available in July of 1994. J '"1 /t- <br />In 1994, Resources, with the concurrence of__theDivision, <br />prepared plans, solicited bids, and arranged to resume mine <br />reclamation following procedures that Resources had used during <br />/V o ` /7 �/t„-ft"R�- /�rc`� v�►- L . <br />the working season'of 1993. However, on July 18, 1994, the <br />Colorado Attorney General's office informed Resources' bankruptcy <br />counsel that the Division must follow the Colorado Procurement <br />Code in accomplishing reclamation. The Attorney General's Office <br />informed Resources that its decision meant that the Division, not <br />Resources or Resources' purported agents, would be controlling <br />reclamation at the mine. See July 18, 1994 letter from Cheryl <br />Linden, attached as Exhibit 3 to Defendants' Memorandum Brief in <br />Support of Motion for Summary Judgment. <br />As announced, the Division then took over control of the <br />reclamation at the mine site. In late summer of 1994, the State <br />sent out requests for bids to perform a small portion of the <br />reclamation, and that work was set to begin on October 11, 1994, <br />However, on October 12, 1994, the Division announced that it was <br />cancelling the reclamation work because the bids exceeded the <br />amount budgeted for the work. The Division announced that the <br />State would begin an ambitious reclamation schedule for the mine <br />site beginning next spring or summer. The Division further stated <br />that the delay in reclamation until 1995 would not cause any <br />-6- <br />80'd 99E# WH60:0T S66T 'trI dd3 9£EOTt7Z £02 T :01 <br />I UJnge u :WON <br />