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Email Address * <br />Enter a valid email address in this field to receive a confirmation e-mail. <br />bclittle0107@gmail.com <br />Your Phone Number* <br />Used only to follow up. <br />9106245049 <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 />The DOJ should support the proposed rule/regulation. <br />The Arkansas River turned red in the 1980s due to heavy metal contamination from Leadville, Colorado's <br />mines, mills, and smelters. But after decades of intense clean-up efforts, the river is finally healthy again. <br />That is why communities along the Arkansas River are fighting against a permit that would allow a corporation <br />to reopen the old Leadville Mill and expand it to extract gold with an open vat "cyanide leaching" process. <br />Specifically, I object to this application because the impact on the upper Arkansas River basin, and particularly <br />the Leadville area, is significant. I am especially concerned about the risk of cyanide contaminating surface and <br />groundwater. The potential for environmental catastrophe is just too high to allow this project to move forward. <br />This scheme would risk contaminating the Arkansas River and local families' wells with cyanide. <br />In summary, this mill would be a disaster for families and for nature. Please do the right thing. <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 />Permit Type <br />County <br />Lake <br />Enter one county only <br />