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Email Address * <br />Enter a valid email address in this field to receive a confirmation e-mail. <br />casey.vansise@gmail.com <br />Your Phone Number* <br />Used only to follow up. <br />7202784573 <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 object to this application because the impact on the upper Arkansas River basin, and particularly the Leadville <br />area, is significant. I am especially concerned about the risk of cyanide contaminating surface and groundwater. <br />The potential for environmental catastrophe is just too high to allow this project to move forward. <br />There is evidence that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), their contractors Environmental Restoration <br />LLC and Weston Solutions, and informed public critics such as Farmington, NM geologist David Taylor had <br />foreknowledge that the disastrous 2015 Gold King Mine blowout into Cement Creek and from thence into the <br />Animas River would be a probable consequence of their activities (for instance, see David Taylor, "EPA Plan is <br />Really a Superfund Blitzkrieg," The Silverton Standard and The Miner, July 30, 2015; "Farmington Geologist <br />Honored by UNM's Sigma Xi," Farmington Daily Times, May 20, 2016; and Jesse Paul, "EPA Employee in <br />Charge of Gold King Mine Knew of Blowout Risk, E-mail Shows," The Denver Post, February 11, 2016). 1 urge <br />all of the relevant authorities to avoid another avoidable tragedy incurring adverse human and environmental <br />effects by rejecting this application for reopening the Leadville Mill. <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 />