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Email Address* <br /> Enter a valid email address in this field to receive a confirmation e-mail. <br /> andrew@thecoloradoangler.com <br /> Your Phone Number* <br /> Used only to follow up. <br /> 970-389-27 <br /> Extension <br /> 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 /> You are providing a comment or objection to the public record of a permitting action currently under review by the Division of <br /> Reclamation, Mining and Safety.This form is not intended for reporting of possible violations or illegal activity. Please be as specific <br /> as possible. <br /> Comment/Objection Narrative <br /> I am strongly opposed to the reopening of the Leadville Mill in Lake County. In particular with regards to the use <br /> of cyanide to process tailings,the disturbance and transportation of tailings from one location to another,the <br /> risk of groundwater contamination,and the risk to the environmental health of the Arkansas River. <br /> As a sportsman,and commercial fishing outfitter operating on the Arkansas River, I have grave concerns for <br /> any possible exposure to deadly chemicals that could essentially kill the river and anything living in it.Since the <br /> establishment of a Superfund clean up site in the 1980's to mitigate the decades of damage from mining in <br /> Leadville,the Arkansas has undergone the most dramatic recovery of a fishery this state has ever witnessed. <br /> The Arkansas river now encompasses 102 miles of Gold Medal class fishing,the highest classification for a <br /> fishery in Colorado,as well as the greatest amount for any fishery in the state. It would be irresponsible to once <br /> again expose the Arkansas river to that type of contamination.There have been decades of stream restoration <br /> work and water treatment projects,costing millions of taxpayer dollars to clean up from past mining operations <br /> in the Arkansas drainage.The risk of undoing all of that hard work is far too great for the minor amount of return <br /> to a private corporation.Certainly the Gold King Mine waste water spill in 2015, is an example that things can <br /> go terribly wrong even with a safety plan in place. <br /> Any potential contamination to the Arkansas river could have serious consequences on the recreation industry <br /> that thrives along the entire river corridor,through Lake,Chaffee and Fremont counties.According to the <br /> Colorado River Outfitters Association, rafting and fishing guests spent around$74 million dollars in total <br /> expenditures in the Arkansas River Valley in 2017. Due to this project being at the headwaters of the river,the <br /> damage caused by some sort of catastrophic event could wipe out that entire industry for years, impacting <br /> hundreds,even thousands of families reliant on a healthy river for their livelihoods. <br /> The risk of the project is far too great and I urge the Division of Mining, Reclamation and Safety to deny the <br /> application. <br /> Permit Number* <br /> Enter valid letter and then numbers,for example M1977999, M1999777UG or C1981201. <br /> M1990057 <br /> Permitting Action Type <br /> Select revision type or leave blank if comment pertains to a new permit application or NOI <br />