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8/31/23,5:54 PM MineWater LLC Mail-Fwd: Notice of Application Consideration for Permit:M2023015 <br /> water treatment activities at the Site, including maintaining roads with heavy equipment for delivery of <br /> chemicals, maintenance of power and pumping equipment, monitoring and site inspections. <br /> As part of the Consent Order, we have worked since 2016 with CPW and CDPHE for development of <br /> appropriate standards for water quality, and we have dramatically improved water quality in Mosquito <br /> Creek, South Mosquito Creek and No Name Creek through our ongoing efforts. <br /> We understand that both Bighorn Sheep and Elk habitat is in the vicinity of our Project. We would like to <br /> work out a stipulation or project commitment that we will reduce our operations to a minimum necessary <br /> area of activity during the times that you have identified, so that the extent of our haulage activities will be <br /> reduced areally to a minimum necessary to the furtherance of the project. <br /> The water treatment operations will continue, and the x-ray sorting operation will continue, but the <br /> haulage and stockpiling of feed material from the South London Stockpile will be minimized to the <br /> greatest extent possible only to maintain minimal feed rates necessary, during the seasonal times you <br /> have identified. <br /> It is the intent of our project that the average concentration of lead (Pb) and other heavy metals in the <br /> exposed waste rock remaining on-surface that will be exposed to game animals will be reduced by as <br /> much as 50% in our project area within 3 years of starting the project. This is a significant benefit that <br /> should be considered in assessing and balancing the short-term potential impacts to the long-term <br /> benefits of this project. See Environmental Pollution Vol. 157, Issue 4,April 2009, pgs 1388-1395 for <br /> citation in the literature supporting this benefit. <br /> https://www.scienced i rect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026974910800657X <br /> I appreciate the opportunity to fully confer with your team and to address these concerns and balance the <br /> short-term costs and long-term benefits of this project. Please let me know if I can provide any further <br /> information, or if we can discuss this with your team to develop other mitigations to the concerns <br /> identified. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Joseph G. Harrington <br /> President, MineWater LLC <br /> Manager, MW Sorter LLC <br /> 720.883.6700 <br /> Sent from my iPad <br /> ---------- Forwarded message-------- <br /> From: Hamous-Miller-DNR, Lexi <lexi.hamous-miller@state.co.us> <br /> Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:11 AM <br /> Subject: Re: Notice of Application Consideration for Permit: M2023015 <br /> To: <elliott.russell@state.co.us> <br /> Cc: Marette-DNR, Brandon <brandon.marette@state.co.us>, Tyler Stoltzfus- DNR <br /> <tyler.stoltzfus@state.co.us> <br /> Hello Elliott, <br /> I am attaching CPW's comments for this project to this email. Thank you for allowing us to <br /> comment on this project. <br /> -Stay Wild, <br /> Lexi Hamous (She/Her) <br /> Northeast Region Land Use Coordinator <br /> r OUTSIDE <br /> 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216 <br /> https://mail.g oogle.com/mail/u/O/?ik=175352f7O8&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1774418938525309614%7Cmsg-f:1774602604146610840&... 2/3 <br />