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J.11 a~•m.n C.-' -11J0])GI6ppZZ Te' O.rlr-n K-II-I.a 1 n. 1'IOJIp]3. plOG P.g. 1 el p Tu..e.~ III ~ II I II I II IIII III <br />o`o~ado.,, ~' sss <br />~ Colorado Wild <br />~ d~ Post Office Box 1525 <br />Boulder, CO 80306-1525 <br />' ~f , ~"~`. http:J/www.coloradowild.org <br />eft - ~< <br />Ivtay 9. 2000 <br />May 9, 2000 <br />NU. 13erhan Ket2elew <br />Colorado llivision of blinerals and Geulog\ (llMU) <br />1313 Sherman St., Room Z 15 <br />Denver, CO R0203 <br />Via fax: (303) R32-8]06 <br /> <br />Re: Comments on Cripple Creek & ~"ictor Gold Mining Company's (CCV) <br />Amendment 8 <br />Dear Mr. KefFelew: <br />Please accept these comments nn hehalt'nfColnrado Wild and its supporters to the <br />Application for Amendment 8 to Pcrntit M-80-2~1 submitted on or about March 24, <br />2000, by the Cripptc Creek X Victor Gold Mi~wtg Compnny (CCV)/.~u]gloCiold. <br />Colorado Wild is a Colorado-based non-profit organization with over X20 supporters <br />lhiougbuul the slnle, and work .e II) nrnlacl and rest ore the hahilal of Colors do's native ... _- <br />plattts attd attimals. <br />Overall, the Amendment .Application appears w violate several provisions of the <br />Colorado Mined Lind Rccla:natio:t ^ -' ("lined La:.d ,act), tl:c Colorado A4inad Land _ - <br />Rcclmm~tinn Rnard (1.tT.RR) Rubs- and Cnlnrndo f)ivininn of A4incrnls and C}cningy <br />(llMU) policy. As such. it likely cannot be legally approved b}' the llh1U%MLlt13 as <br />submitted. <br />l lnder Colorado law. the burden of proof squarely ruts upon the applicant to prove <br />Thal each and every lebal ryuircr.:ent ha:: t:cen met in an propwec. permit ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ <br />amendment. Under Culorudu law, "[t]he proponent of an order shall have Utz burden <br />of ptuuL" Sediuu 24-4-105(7), CRS. Further. the ivliued Laud Act spociGcally <br />requires the applicant to "demonstrate compliance" with all requirements, including <br />al{ MLRB Rules. Sution 34-32-11 S(4). CRS. After careful review of the <br />Application for ,~tttendment 8. Colorado \Vild believes that the Application fails to <br />meet these tests. <br /> <br />sally, Colorado Wild believes that the Application fails to adequately protect water <br />failo to provide for adequate protection of tl~a am•ironmant in general, and fails to an~ure <br />to public participation in the Application approval process. <br />