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A AMERICAN Todd Wilson <br />Plant Manager <br />SODA, LLP 2717 County Road 215 International Telephone +1 (970) 285-6500 <br />Parachute, CO 81635 JUN 19 2008 General Facsimile (970) 285-6393 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Thursday, June 12, 2008 Mining and Safety <br />Mr. Steve Shuey <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 />ENV024.08 <br />R ? V E 0 <br />JUN 16 2008 <br />GRAND JLINas'i jUiq r iELD OFFICE <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION Mll,?A- & SAFETY <br />RE: Yankee Gulch Minerals Project, Permit No. M-1999-002, Amendment No. 1 (AM-01)L,"'- <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review - Extension Request to July 21, 2008. <br />Dear Mr. Shuey: <br />We received your letter dated May 22, 2008 regarding the Adequacy Review of the <br />application for Amendment No. 1 to the Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project, Permit <br />No. M-1999-002. Since that time we have been in contact with you by phone and by <br />electronic mail. We appreciate your guidance on this issue. Please accept this letter as a <br />written request to extend the deadline to address the adequacy issues you itemized in your <br />letter. Please extend the deadline to July 21, 2008 <br />Adequacy Comment No. 1 - We have begun work with a contract engineering firm to <br />complete the AutoCAD work required for a map providing the boundaries of the area in <br />question. <br />Adequacy Comment No. 2 - American Soda will contact BLM, the landowner, to request a <br />letter from them indicating that they approve of leaving the road as a permanent feature. It <br />is our understanding that bonding of reclamation of the road will not be required by DRMS <br />if the road is acknowledged as a permanent feature by BLM. No amendment will be filed <br />to the Division regarding the road. <br />Adequacy Comment No. 3 - We shall provide documentation to the Division confirming <br />that American Soda has the right to enter and mine the portions of the permit area retained <br />by American Soda. <br />Adequacy Comment No. 4 - American Soda will affirm that there are no other mining <br />related features (wells, ditches, ponds, etc) in the subject area that have not been <br />transferred to the new lessee that will remain American Soda, L. L. P.'s responsibility to <br />reclaim.