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i~ <br />The Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has <br />scheduled a second public meeting in San Luis from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, August 21st, to hear comments <br />from interested parties on its intent to issue a permit to Battle Mountain Gold Company and Battle <br />Mountain Resources, Inc. (BMR)?. The request for the second public meeting was made by BMRI in <br />anticipation of the second public notice of the draft permit on August 4, 2000. The draft permit would <br />authorize two discharges to Rite Seto Crcek in the immediate vicinity of BMRI's closed gold mining <br />operation located approximately 3.5 miles north of San Luis on Rito Seto Road. One discharge to the Rito <br />Seto is from BMRI's ground water treatment facility located at the inactive mine's West Pit near Rito Seco <br />Road. The second discharge is to the Rito Seco alluvial aquifer in the immediate vicinity of, and <br />downstream from, the West Pit. <br />The meeting location is pending. For the meeting location, call (719) 672-3372. <br />An agenda for the meeting will be available Tuesday, August 15th and can be obtained by calling (303) <br />692-3597 or by visiting the State Health Department's Web page at www.cdohe.state.co.us. <br />A copy of the draft permit is available at the Costilla County Clerk and Recorder's office located <br />in San Luis, (7l9) 672-3372, or can be obtained by calling the State Health Departrnent at (303) 692-3597. <br />Written comment on the draft permit will be accepted through September 5, 2000. <br />Please contact Dave Akers, at the Colorado Departrnent of Public Health and Environment; <br />WQCD-B2, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South; Denver, CO 80246-1530 (303) 692-3591); if you have any <br />questions about the meeting. The Water Quality Control Division district engineer for Costilla County is <br />Tim Vrudny who can be reached at (7l9) 545-4650. <br />