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34 <br />1 That citizen complaint was conveyed to <br />2 DMG by a 10-day notice from the OSM. 10-day notice <br />3 is the process by which they convey these <br />4 complaints and they give us 10 days to act, as they <br />5 put it, appropriately. <br />6 We initiated an inspection. I inspected <br />7 the site on October 25th. At that time I met with <br />8 Ann Tatum. Also at that time the repair crews were <br />9 on ground working on the water line. I observed <br />10 the broken water line. I observed cracks in the <br />11 house. <br />12 I had before me the testimony of Ann <br />13 Tatum saying that the cracks were new, that they <br />14 had occurred, in her belief, by the process of <br />15 subsidence, and I was also aware, frankly, of the <br />16 fact that in 1997 a Las Animas District Court ruled <br />17 that subsidence has .previously impacted this <br />18 structure. <br />19 I was also aware that the Interior Board <br />20 of Land Appeals had ruled as recently as July of <br />21 year 2000 that subsidence had impacted the <br />22 structure. <br />23 Ms. Tatum was and still does allege that <br />24 the cracks that I witnessed were new. They <br />25 postdated the rulings. Quite frankly, I didn't <br />