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ASODA, AMERI CAN <br />L.L.P. David Valvoda <br />Plant Manager <br />2717 County Road 215 Telephone (970) 285 -6500 <br />Parachute, CO 81635 Facsimile (970) 285 -6393 <br />Tuesday, January 28, 2014 <br />Mr. Travis Marshall <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Grand Junction Field Office <br />101 Third Street, Suite 310 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />Dear Mr. Marshall: <br />ENV005.14 <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 2 9 2014 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mtninq & Safety <br />Enclosed is one bound copy of American Soda's 53rd Quarterly Report in compliance with Hard Rock <br />Mining Operation Permit No. M -99 -002. One unbound copy of the document will also be sent to the <br />Denver office of CDRMS to a atfF tention of Christine Brookshire for electronic scanning. These <br />documents include environmental ground water monitoring data collected and compiled during our fifty <br />third quarter of operations (December 2013). No solution mining activity occurred during the report <br />period. <br />The ground water data summary report is spiral bound as a non - confidential document and includes a <br />comparison of the 53rd operational quarter with baseline and operational general statistics prior to the <br />current reporting period. In addition, the tables provide information for comparison of Ground Water <br />Standards as provided in Regulation No. 41 and Numeric Protective Levels and Early Warning <br />Indicators as amended in TR -4. <br />Comparison of the data values with the Early Warning Indicators (EWI) and the Numeric Protective <br />Levels (NPL) indicates one data value above the calculated EWI during the report period. A dissolved <br />sodium value at one down - gradient alluvial well was reported above the EWI. This information is <br />summarized in the Executive Summary of the Ground Water Monitoring report. <br />In early fall 2013 all of the well field piping extending down the lateral leg to production well 28 -21 and <br />around the ridge to well 29 -22 from the main gathering line was removed. Any remaining well skids <br />and ancillary structures were also removed. All solution mining well strings on this lateral leg were <br />previously plugged and abandoned with the final one being completed in August 2012. In October <br />2013 the roads and well pads extending to well 28 -21 and well 29 -22 from the main well field access <br />road were re- contoured to natural grade and reclamation seeded in accordance with BLM <br />requirements. <br />Should you have any questions or comments regarding this information please contact me at (970) <br />285 -0428 or Celina Akin at (970) 285 -0406. <br />Natural Sodium Products For A Cleaner Environment <br />