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<br />FROM : CAMILLE FARRELL <br /> <br />PHONE NO. 970 728 5487 <br /> <br />Jul. 10 1998 03:10PM P3 <br /> <br />..--. <br />.~ <br /> <br />As a component of the Consent Decree, the Idarado Mining Company gave the State <br />51,000,000.00 in Natural Resource Damages. TbeState is mandated to expend the funds on <br />restoration, rehabilitation, replacement or acquisition of natural resources equivalent to ihose <br />damaged as a result of release of a hazardous subot.n'''' Initial project propasals receQred <br />include San Miguel River restoration immediately below its confluence with Bear Creek; San <br />Miguel River restoration between townandSocie~ 'Ium;..and a tailings ,...rlom~t;nn/rema.va,I and <br />wetland restoration project adjacent to the San Miguel River between town and Society Turn. <br />AxIy changes to the River flow C)[ resulting.quality.~ impa.ctthe success of the se1ecred.project. <br /> <br />Further, the Town ofTelluride has made application to the Federal Energy Regulatory <br />Commission (FERC) to construct a ~dro-power facility on.the SanMiguelRiYer. immwlil\tely <br />below Society Turn. As indicated in the license previously issued (and subsequently denied) by <br />FERC, the construction of the impoundment may inunda1e.Society Turn tailings. pile.~er 3, <br />remediation ofwbich is included in the ldarado Consent Decree. A component of the original <br />FERC License, as provided in the US Forest Service.'s. Special Use Permit faLthi.s..Jm?ject, <br />required, among other things, that the town ofTelluride remove and mitigate Society Turn <br />Tailings Pile #3 if it was to be inundated. There is. cw:rentI.y a bill in. congress. to. exl:.e~ the <br />deadline and reinstate the FERC licence to construct the Telluride Hydro-facility; as of May 13, <br />1998, it had passed the House and was. being. considered.~. the. Senate. The. S1lI1e. "nnt;nll"~ to be <br />concerned with the possible inundation and mitigation of So city Turn tialings pile #3, <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the.CDPHEs.C01Il:erIIS.regarding.the S.n Mig)lel.~ver <br />Water Quantity/Quality. Please feel free to call me at any time to discuss these and/or other <br />issues related to the San Miguel..RLver basin water SUJlMt andf100d protectiOJL. lcan.he.rellched <br />at P,O. Box 2927 . <br />Telluride, Colorado 81435 <br />(970) 728-5487 <br /> <br />Sincerely. <br /> <br />~rr~ <br /> <br />Camille Farrell <br />Idarado Project Manager/On-Site Coor.or <br /> <br />cc: Dan Scheppers, CDPHE, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division <br />Jane Feldman, Attorney General.'s..Qffice <br />Frances Hartogh, AGO <br />Rick River. ldarado Mining Company <br />