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Ms Marcia L. Talvitie, P.E. October 1, 2008 Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety RECEIVED 641 CR 233, Suite A-2 Durango, Co. 81301 OCT 0 6 2008 Division or Reclamation, RE: Technical Revision No 58, Section 2.05.4(2) Revegetation. Change the revegetation Mining and Safety standard for Irrigated Pasture from a standard to a reference area (CO-0000213). New Horizon Mine, Permit C-81-008 Dear Marcia, Sandy, and the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety: We do not object to the revegetation standard for Irrigated Pasture from a standard to a reference area. We do understand what the purpose of this is and what Western Fuels is trying to do here.. The reference area that they are using to get bond release for irrigated pasture areas is acceptable but for irrigated pasture only. According to the cover letter, all of Frank Morgans property is irrigated cropland(alfalfa), and another permit amendment will be submitted within 30-45 days. According to the second page of the revision, they are only changing the Irrigated Pasture success standard from a numerical standard to reference area comparison. We do not object to this at this time. We do, however, have many objections to the total content of this proposal which, according to Ross Gubka, will be addressed in the next revision. , .In order to get some building blocks and :get started on getting our property returned to us as good as or better than it was, we .are willing to accept the TR-58 revision for irrigated pasture only. We have no irrigated pasture on, our land,. but there is some on Patty Morgans and others, which at this time, we do not object to using a reference area for bond release. We want to again remind you that we are not accepting the "water" usage amount for irrigation. We are going to stand behind the 1 share will do 2 acres. This is based on years and years of personal experience along with many, others' experience. Some of the permit information contained in this application was incorrect at the time it was presented and accepted. We were not aware of its contents upon signing a lease-agreement, therefore, we do not agree with most of the "old" statements. We will, however, wait to see the "FUTURE" amendments and revisions that are suppose to be coming out and that are suppose to change some of those items that we are objecting to, according to Ross. We do reserve the right to object to the content as a whole if for any reason the amendments or revisions are not accurate and we do not get our property back as good as it was and is. Sometimes promises and statements are lost or misinterpreted at later dates and what we were told and expected are not necessarily the outcome. We would like to see Western Fuels get bond release as soon as possible on the east side of 2700 Road . We believe this area has been ready to go back to the farmer for many years. We do not understand why it should take so long for bond release and hope to have ours returned to us as