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__ .~~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 999 July 28, 1992 To: Mike Long, Stp~ a Renner From: Cathy Begej [~ Subject: Pre-Bid Meeting, O phan and Dan Hernandez Pit, G.E.C. Minerals, C-81-037 On Tuesday, July 28, 1992, Tom Gillis and I went down to G.E.C, for the Pre-Bid Meeting on Section 24. Fifteen contractors, as well as Dr. Corley, came down for the meeting. After walking over to the Orphan Pit to review the cut and fill operation scheduled for that location, Dr. Corley asked us to leave the property, since we were unwilling to amend the bid document to accommodate his requests. I would like to review the specific exchanges which occurred, so you will be able to make informed decisions. Tom and I arrived at 9:00, 1 1/2 hours prior to the meeting. We hung a sign at the intersection of County Roads 15 and 92, and continued south to look at the sediment pond removal task and the West Pit gully repair task. After looking at the pond, we drove up to Energy Fuels' Pond 5 embankment and saw Dr. Corley driving north in an Audi sedan. I waved, and he returned to join us at the embankment. He was very concerned about Harrison-Western's maintenance work at the West Pit; rains the previous weekend had resulted in the merging of clean and dirty water, and flow of water off site without treatment by a sediment pond. We indicated that we were walking up to the West Pit and that he was willing to join us, but that we had other objectives to achieve prior to the Pre-Bid meeting. He invited us to join him in driving to the south edge of the Energy Fuels disturbance area, but I told him that I was uncomfortable being on an active mine site without a hard hat. We approached the West Pit from two directions; we walked 1/3 mile to the West Pit on the G.E.C. access road and he drove onto Energy Fuels' facilities area. We reviewed the instability of the drainage structures, indicating that I would have Harrison-Western do additional work at the site. He and I discussed the questions he asked in the July 27, 1992, letter. I told him that G.E.C. had sized the pond at 1.2 acre- feet, and that I had estimated that it contained 0.8 acre-feet. I affirmed that we regularly allowed operators to use topsoil to build berms on ditches, as a means of having adequate topsoil to reclaim the ditch. He expressed concern about the resulting shale at the bottom of the drainage leading into the sediment pond. He wanted a legal description of Harrison-Western's area of responsibility, and I told him that I had encouraged the lawyer to put one together for the bond release package. I also indicated that I didn't know if Harrison Western would push their legal obligation to have a legal description. I excused myself to review the gully repair task with Tom.