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- iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department ui Natural Resources 131 J Sherman SL, Room ?15 Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V I) I O N O F Phone: (303) 856-3567 MINERAL S FAX: 130}1877-8106 & GEOLOGY REC IA MATION MINING•SAFETY February 17, 2000 RJI Owens Mr. George V. Patterson c°°ef"°r General Mine Mana er g Energy Fuels Coal, Ine. P.O. Box 459 ereg E. walcner &ecutne D~rertor btichael B. Long Division D~reuor Florence, CO 81226 Re: Notice of Violation - CV-99-014 Raton Creek Mine - C-82-055 Dear Mr. Patterson: We are in receipt of your letters dated February 14, 2000 and February 15, 2000, pertaining to the above-referenced Notice of Violation. In response, we enclose an "Extension of Time for Abatement ..." document which extends the abatement requirement for CV-99-014 to March 15, 2000. We also hereby acknowledge that Energy Fuels Coal, Inc. retains the right to request an assessment conference regarding CV-99-014 at some future time. We welcome an opportunity to meet with you in the near future to expedite final resolution of the reclamation plan for the Raton Creek Mine. It is imperative that we reach a final resolution prior to March 15, 2000, so that we may avoid the possibility that a "Failure-to-Abate" Cessation Order would be issued. I appreciate that you have taken the time to discuss this situation with me, and I am confident that we will come to an acceptable agreement. DMG and EFCI personnel have, for some time now, discussed the need to improve the vegetation and erosional stability on the south-facing five acre parcel, and all parties seemed to agree that this would be best achieved by improving the growth medium on the slope. As has been discussed, and documented over the last year, it appears that the existing cover of cicer milkvetch is not sufficient to provide the required erosional stability on the 5 acre parcel. For this reason, additional work is required as indicated both in the existing permit and as indicated by ground observations. As I have indicated during our recent conversations, this violation was issued because there seemed to be little or no progress occurring over the last year in either implementing the current permit requirement to import topsoil, or to provide and implement an appropriate revision to the reclamation plan at the Raton Creek Mine. We are pushing for an expedited resolution so that work can be accomplished as soon as possible to maximize the benefit of spring moisture, and to finish all ground work prior to the end of the first