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Alternate Phone Number <br /> Used only to follow up. <br /> Alternate Phone Extension <br /> Connection to Operation <br /> Select all that apply <br /> Land Owner of affected land Structure Owner within 200' of affected land <br /> Mineral Owner Nearby Resident <br /> Adjacent Land Owner Concerned Citizen <br /> Government Agency Other <br /> DESCRIPTION OF COMMENT OR OBJECTION <br /> (Please be as specific as possible) <br /> Comment/Objection Narrative <br /> Water risks: <br /> I have two concerns about the Zephyr Mine's impact on water:one is the effect on already stressed water <br /> supply and the other is the potential for a catastrophic hazardous waste spill. <br /> Colorado is chronically dry country and current science tells us that the situation will get worse in the near future <br /> due to global warming.What little water we have is insufficient for current needs. I am a shareholder on <br /> Deweese Ditch. Deweese gets water from Grape Creek. In a good year we are allowed water only two days per <br /> week. In poor years we get water only one day per week and, in particularly bad years,they are forced to close <br /> early. I fear the demands of the Zephyr mine will strangle the needs of folks like myself:gardeners,truck <br /> farmers, horse owners who maintain small pastures. <br /> The proposed mine is upstream of the entire Arkansas River drainage from the Royal Gorge down.Any <br /> hazardous material spill at the mine could affect hundreds of thousands of people living in Fremont, Pueblo, <br /> Otero, Bent,and Prowers Counties and points east.One need only recall the Gold King Mine waste water spill <br /> on August 5,2015 in Durango to know that"It can happen here and now". In that event, 3 million gallons of <br /> highly toxic waste water were accidentally released into the Animas and San Juan River watershed.The <br /> released devastated a wide swath of the Four Corners area.The Gold King Mine had been closed since 1923; <br /> 92 years before the accident. Five years after the spill water quality is still a concern on the Animas River.The <br /> Zephyr mine will be a ticking time bomb for more than a century. <br /> I urge you to reject this application for the sake of we who live here now and for the sake of those who will live <br /> here 100 years hence. <br /> Permit Number* <br /> Enter valid letter and then numbers,for example M122112211 or C123456789. <br /> M2021046 <br /> Permitting Action Type <br /> Select revision type or leave blank if comment pertains to a new permit application or NOI <br /> Permit Type <br /> County <br /> Fremont <br /> Enter one county only <br /> Site Name <br /> Dawson Gold Mine <br />