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FEB-07-2007 03:33PM FROM-DIV RECLAMATION MINING & SAFETY 3038328102 T-050 P 002/003 F-275 <br />Uo} J ~~,d'/ Dry D-~~', rr~.~ y~ v <br />COSTILLA COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNANESS <br />P.O. IIox 333 <br />San Luis, CO 81152 ) <br /> ~/ <br />7anuary 30, 20D7 <br /> RECEIVED <br /> ~EB 0 2 2007 <br />Ronald W. Cartany, Director Division of r.aclamation <br /> <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety , <br />~ Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />(303) 866-3567 <br />FAX (303) 83Z-8106 RECEIVED <br /> FEB 1'2 2001 <br />Dear Mr. Cattany: Division o/ Reciamacion, <br /> Mining and Safety <br />This letter constitutes not9ce that the Costilla County Cotnmirtee for <br />Environmental Soundness (CES) objects to the proposed Permit Amendment, DRMS <br />Permit No. M-88-1 l ,filed by Battle Mountain Gold on October 2006. <br />We do not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation Board has the authority to <br />grant Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate the property formerly Icnawn as the <br />Shalom Ranch. The MLRB cannot grant a change of industrial/mining water to <br />agriculture use. <br />The CES contests the assertion by Battle Mountain Gold that the West Pit water <br />is now of pre-mining quality. We fear contamination of the farmland, which is adj acent <br />to the school and the Town of San Luis. <br />Further, the Committee for Bm~ironmental SotmdneSS objects to: <br />1. A proposal to close the wat.r treztment facility located near the Rito Seco Creek <br />on the Battle Mountain Gold (BMG) property. <br />2, A proposal to irrigate the BMG property, formerly known as the Shalom Ranch, <br />with water that should have been processed through the water treatment plant <br />which is currently in operation. <br />3. Any proposed changes chat maybe harmful to or negatively impact the citizens of <br />Costilla County, especially the town of San Luis. <br />Sincerely, <br />Rose Mendoza-Green <br />President <br />