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site could easily erupt into an unmanageable wildfire.Zephyr's"sufficient"quantity of water to mitigate fire risk <br /> is unacceptable. If Zephyr cannot produce carefully calculated gallon quantities, it once again shows a lack of <br /> transparency and desire to care for the environment they plan to disrupt. Future generations of local residents <br /> would pay the price of Zephyr's lack of preparedness and the risks they are willing to take-not Zephyr Gold <br /> USA Ltd.or its parent company Zephyr Minerals Ltd. <br /> Zephyr claims to be"a socially responsible,community oriented company"(front page of 31 August,2021 issue <br /> of the Canon City Shopper).Yet in addition to barring the community from meetings that might better explain <br /> the company's intentions and plans,Zephyr would have as many as 90 workers using the same space as our <br /> trails and parks off Temple Canyon Road. For many residents,this is the only recreational area available to <br /> them.The quality of that recreation will be greatly diminished with haul trucks,delivery trucks,and leftover <br /> tailings(to mention a few impacts)in the same area as where residents bike, hike,bird watch and simply enjoy <br /> the outdoors. <br /> The$261,813 Zephyr has reserved for mine reclamation(when the time comes)is a joke!That amount is <br /> hardly enough to landscape the area, let alone clean up toxic wastes from it.There is no mechanism to account <br /> for inflation,so if permitted, it will be the community living here that will end up paying costs of clean-up. So <br /> much for their claimed economic boost to the community! Even government agencies(for which we both <br /> worked)have slush funds to cover unexpected incidental expenses.Yet Zephyr has no allocation of funds to <br /> address any unexpected incident-such as a fire, power outage,explosion, pollution leakage,etc.Clearly they <br /> have not thought things through nor planned properly. For a company founded in 2010,one would think they <br /> would be better at predicting what is needed in regards to funding and for properly protecting these <br /> communities they claim to care so much about. <br /> Clearly Zephyr does not want to put forth any money,work or effort that is not required directly of them.They <br /> are focused on advancing their flagship Dawson gold project(Bloomberg,online)and are more interested in <br /> answering to their stockholders than in mitigating any water,fire,environmental,recreational or community <br /> health risks. <br /> We appreciate your consideration of these comments and respectfully request that the Dawson Gold Mine <br /> permit application M-2021-046 be denied.Thank you once again for the opportunity to submit these comments. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Doni Angell and Tim Benton <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 /> Perm ittee/Operator Name <br /> Zephyr Gold USA Ltd. <br /> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION <br /> Are there supporting photos, maps, or documents you wish to upload? <br /> Yes 9 No <br />