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<br />FROM : CAMILLE FARRELL <br /> <br />PHONE NO, <br /> <br />970 728 5487 <br /> <br />Jul. 10 1998 03:09PM P2 <br /> <br />Jfo c.-- <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORl\DO <br /> <br />Roy Romer, COvCTI,or <br />Patti Shwayder, Acting Executive Di,e:ctor <br />Dedicated to protecting and improvinB the health and environment of the people of Colorado <br />!\.1ain Building Laboratory Building <br />4300 O\erry Creek Dr. S. 4210 E. 11th Avenue <br />Oenve., Colorado 80222.' 530 Denve.. Colo.ado 8022G-3716 <br />Phone 13031692-2000 {303l 691 -4700 <br /> <br /> <br />Colot2do Depanmcnt <br />of Public Health <br />aadEnvimnment <br /> <br />July 1.0, 1998 <br /> <br />Mr. PeterH. Evans <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 8.0203 <br /> <br />Sent Via FAX (303) 866-4474 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Evans, <br /> <br />Thank you for the invitation to meet the Water Conservation.Boardmembers..at a gathe~ <br />planned for the evening ofJuly 14, 1998, 1 am sorry I will be unable to join you, as I will be in <br />Summitville the entire week ofJuly 13. <br /> <br />The Colorado Department of Public Health..an.dEnvironment has. been overseeing the reme~tion <br />of the Idarado Mine since 1992. One of the objectives ofthe remediation is to reduce zinc <br />concentrations in the San Miguel River by. 5.00/., i.e,.to a.r-.nnr-pntr.tinn of: .216 mgIl tii<<:nh'ed or <br />.336 mgIL tOtal z:inc, as determined by a 52-week average, Compliance determination sampling <br />commences in the year 2.0.0 J, and will continue through the year 2.006, unless the objectiv.e;s are <br />met before then. If the required zinc concentrations are not met within the 5-year compliance <br />detennination period, additional worlds specified.in.the.Idarado. Consent Decree_ The reduction <br />in zinc concentrations were intended to improve water quality to facilitate establishment of a <br />healthy Brown Trout fishery, <br /> <br />CDPHE has three issues of co DC em reJative.to.theSanMiguel River. They are presen~ed as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Ifwater is removed from tbe San Miguel. River, or. any of its tributaries abov.e its cnnflllpnl'''',with <br />Bear Creek, the reduction in flow may further concentrate metals remaining in the San Miguel <br />RiVer, <br /> <br />m PrlnlfKJ on RfJcyc/fxJ PaDof <br />