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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />March 14, 2011 <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Governor <br />Bob Warneke <br />Mike King <br />Natural Soda, Inc. Executive Director <br />3200 CR 31 <br />Loretta. E. Pineda <br />Rifle, CO 81650 Director <br />RE: Resp se to Concurrence Letter from Daub & Associates, Inc., Permit No. M-1983- <br />19 ,Also known as Natural Soda, Inc., Nahcolite Project, is a Designated Mining <br />Operation (DMO) <br />Dear Mr. Warneke: <br /> <br />On March 4, 2011 the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (Division) received the letter from <br />Daub and Associates, Inc. concurring with the Division's determination that Natural Soda, Inc., Nahcolite <br />Project, Permit No. M-1983-194 is a Designated Mining Operation. <br />The letter received March 4, 2011 also indicated that Natural Soda, Inc. and Daub & Associates, Inc. will <br />need additional time to prepare the required Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) and stated that the <br />anticipated completion and delivery of the EPP will be on or before March 7, 2012. The Division will <br />allow for the additional time required to prepare the EPP. Currently the application for Amendment No. 3 <br />(AM-03) is considered incomplete. Normally the applicant is allowed 60 days from the notification of an <br />incomplete application to address issues and make the application complete for technical review. In this <br />case the need for extra time to prepare the EPP is understood. In the event that all outstanding materials <br />required to make the application complete for technical review are not delivered to the Division by March <br />7, 2012 the Division will deny the Amendment Application. <br />If you need additional information, please contact me at the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, <br />Grand Junction Field Office, 101 S. 3rd St., Suite 301, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501, telephone no. <br />(970) 241-2042. <br />Respectfully, <br />Travis Marshall <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Cc: Gerald J. Daub <br />Daub & Associates, Inc. <br />1985'/2 South Broadway <br />Grand Junction, CO 81507-9649 <br />Ec: Tony Waldron, DBMS <br />Steve Shuey, DRMS <br />RECf-IVED <br />OR 211111 <br />Dlvislon of eat a on, <br />Mining <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines