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del ajcr/' <br />Rio Culebra Agricultural Cooperative <br />P.O. Box 362 <br />San Luis, CO 81152 <br />February 2, 2007 <br />Ronald W. Cattany, Director <br />~( Colorado Division of Reclamarion Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />(303) 866-3567 (v) <br />(303) 832-8106 (fx) <br />Dear Mr. Cattany: <br />G~?~ <br />oz r3 -07 <br />RFCE/VED <br />Divisio, ~f 12?00j <br />Minin Reclamation, <br />9 and Safer, <br />This letter is to serve as notice that the Rio Culebra Agricultural <br />Cooperative, hereafter called RCAC, objects to the proposed Permit Amendment, <br />DRMS Permit No. MSS-112, recently filed by Battle Mountain Gold. <br />We dispute the supposition that the Mined Land Reclamation Board has <br />authority to grant Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate its recently <br />acquired property, previously called the Shalom Ranch. We assert that the <br />MLRB cannot grant a change of industrial/mining water to agriculture use. <br />RCAC also contests the assertion by Battle Mountain Gold that the West <br />Pit water is now of pre-mining quality. Only an independent water quality <br />test(s) can confirm or deny that assertion <br />Further, RCAC objects to the proposed irrigation of the BMG property, <br />aka Shalom Ranch, with water that should have been processed through the <br />water treatment plant that is curretttly in operation and returned to the Rito Seco. <br />Sincerely, <br />/~i~4~,- <br />Ryan Rose <br />Project Manager <br />c c s2c.~~ <br />