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Email Address * <br />Enter a valid email address in this field to receive a confirmation e-mail. <br />christianlunaleal@gmail.com <br />Your Phone Number* <br />Used only to follow up. <br />7194279852 <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 Fv Nearby Resident <br />Adjacent Land Owner Fv Concerned Citizen <br />Government Agency 7 Other City of Leadville City Council member <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 writing to oppose this project. I am a lifelong resident of Lake County and have seen first hand and have <br />been impacted directly from the previous contamination in our community. The existing contamination is so high <br />in fact that the Lake County Government had to cancel their plans to develop land for affordable housing in the <br />East of town, the side that tailings will be transported from, due to unprecedented lead contamination. This <br />clearly shows despite not being a superfund site anymore, we have a long way to go to clean up the <br />environmental mess that was left by mining in our community. As a City Council member of Leadville I cannot in <br />good conscience allow our community to have to go through the same experience if one thing goes wrong. The <br />company has not presented the community with an impact study of their project. We are currently unaware of <br />the damages to the road their transportation of not only the tailings but the water will have on our roads. We are <br />unaware of the impact the removal of the tailings will have on the surrounding area and the water flow of the <br />proposed tailing removal area. We are completely unaware of the contamination that will be caused from driving <br />the trucks full of tailings through town. We are unaware of what will happen to the mobile home park of Lake <br />Fork which is less than a mile downstream of the proposed mill if there is a worst case scenario and there is <br />leak. There are no plans to have emergency notices go out in Spanish and the mobile home park residents are <br />predominantly Latino/Hispanic families many of whom do not speak English. The company has not done their <br />due diligence to inform us of any of this despite us constantly bringing it up to them and it is incredibly <br />concerning since this project has been in the works for well over 3 years. We cannot in good conscience allow <br />this project to go through without much more information and planning done by the company. Thank you for <br />your time. <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 />