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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III • 999 FRGM ~ DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Dcparlmenl nl Natural Resource 131 3 Sherman 51.. Room ? 15 Denver, Colorado 80?03 Phone: (3011 Ob6-156? PAX (3071 A3J-0106 Ma 23 Mr. Kurt Nielsen ~a American Soda LLC c/o S[eigers Corporation 6551 S. Revere Parkway, Suite 250 Engle RE: Dear Mr. Nielsen: D IYISION OE MINERALS GEOLOGY RECLAMATION MINING•SA FE TY eat ovens Governor Greg E Y,'alchcr Erecuuve Dneclor nrkhael B. Eons Division Direcbr The following issues remain to be addressed for the Yankee Gulch Project reclamation permit application [o meet the minimum requirements of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act for permit issuance. Please respond to each of the listed items prior to the established date for consideration of the application of June 3, 1999 or provide a written request for an extension. Ideally, your response to this letter would be provided nc'.cter :han June !, 1999 to a!!ow adequate time to review [he responses o. for to the date for consi'Jzratirnt. 1. The wildlife mitigation plan requires tree plantings. In order [o estimate costs [o implement this requirement please quantify the number of trees to be planted at the point of maximum surface disturbance during the life of the project. Also, break out an estimate of the maximum number of ponderosa pine samplings that may need to be planted. Since the plan requires ponderosa saplings grown from local parent stock, the cost for planting these trees will be substantially higher than for the pinyon [ubelings. An on site nursery or a special arrangement with an off-site nursery may be required. The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) estimates [hat the cost for ponderosa saplings may be as high as $10.00 per tree. 2. The wildlife mitigation plan requires off-site habitat improvement. As long as the required off-site measures keep pace with the permitted solution mining disturbance, there would be no reclamation bonding implications. However, if the off-site mitigation were to lag the mining disturbance a[ any point, sufficient bond must be in-place to implement the habitat improvements on the lagging acreage. Please provide a commitment to complete all required wildlife habitat improvement projects at a 2.5: I acreage ratio prior to mining related surface disturbance or specify an acreage amount, at the same ratio, that would requite bonding for wildlife improvements. 3. Page 2 of Table I is missing from the final Soil Consen'ation, Erosion, and Sediment Control, Reclamation, and Revegetation Plun submitted to the DMG on April 20, 1999. Please provide five copies of this missing page. ~/ V STATE OF COLORADO ` ~. In the information on [he proposed Piceance Site storm water retention pond provided to the UbIG. it is stated that the pond embankment will be constructed in accordance with General Specification GC-01 Site Work. It is assumed that the pond embankment will be built in accord with Section 53 of the General