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DEC-18-2003 15:46 FROM:SRLEM MINERRLS INC 3035690156 70:9702475104 <br />:i Durango O1'flcC <br />Wallace Crickson <br />Cmnino del Rio, Room 125 <br />mgq CO 81301 <br />7~elefax 970.247.5104 <br />San Juan Carp. <br />P.O. Drawer 1 <br />611 Water St. <br />SilverPlurne,.CO 80476 <br />fe1.303.569-0155 <br />Pax 303-Sti9-0156 <br />December 18, 2003 <br />Sunnyside Permit M-77-378, Proposed AM -OS <br />P.002~002 <br />ea <br />F~' ~~ a°`~& °~~9~ <br />O ~ e>•G <br />oFve<a~~ <br />O~~o ~`~~ <br />z~o~ <br />O`S <br />We object to the proposed ntttendtnent to this MLRU permit on the following grounds: <br />1. The area ofClydstone, CO is entirely unsuitable for apost-mining industrial use designation <br />Industrial tuning does not exist in Sttn Juan County, and any form of industrial designation would <br />adversely impact the economic di^vclopment of San Juan County through its tourism and <br />recreational economic base. <br />2. T7te area needy lu havC reclamation requirements especially in teens of ground cover of the <br />barren, high exposure hillsides which are composed of mine dumps and highly acidic ground. 'I'hG <br />area certainly falls under the definition of affected mine fends N the 1976 Mined Lattd i <br />Reclamation Acl, and it i5 r:Crlainly under the spirit ofthe Mined Land Reclamation Act that a girC~ <br />so heavily affected by mining activity should receive reclamation in terms ofground cover, <br />grading and water quality issues. Ifthe site is does not receive reclamation in the form ol'ground <br />cover, we believe this will impact our ability to grow vegetation on our adjoining Herber Placer <br />parcel directly below the site- <br />3. Tht barren hillsides arc not Crosion Stably in the longterm, as they are typically approx. a I: I <br />slope (rather than the gentler slupr. rcyuirod by MI,RO), and may not receive the ongoing <br />maintenance that the site has received in the past I?om the operating company. <br />4. We believe that the issues regarding this site are adequately addressed in Amendment A of the <br />above referenced permit, and a re-visitation of these issues is not in the interest of the people of <br />Swr Juan County. <br />For &~ttt Iuan CorpL„/ <br />rTOdd C•s.~~~ <br />