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i <br />1` <br />1 <br />November 1, 2006 <br />,~ <br />iurviu ur liliANttY 91U8819341 '-"~ °NU, YhlS'~ Y. 106 <br />Colorado State Division of Mining and Geology <br />1313 Sherman St., Boom 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />lie; M.L.R.B. permit # M•19g3-102 <br />Dear Mr. Wenzel and Mr. Mount: <br />As you ]mow I called Mt. Mount on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 to find out why we <br />did not receive a certified notice regarding the Ihotnpson permit expansion above onto <br />hots 5 & 6 of Great Divide Head Lettuce Colony. Thy notice was evidently mailed out <br />on September 21°`. Our ten acre piece of property, Lot 7 is adjacent to l:ot 6 and our <br />well and residarce is only 30 foot from the property line of Lot 6. We feel that we are <br />one of the most affected pieces of property, besides Mitabitos for the expansion of the <br />permit <br />According to Mr. Wenzel, immediate adjacency does not meet the State Mining <br />requirement to receive certified or any notice to commart. I was advised this by phony <br />last week and then received a fmc with the definition of "affected area" from Mr. Wenzel <br />Monday at work. I thought I had this week to get wmmems in (after never receiving a <br />notice) but I was called this rooming by Mr. Wenzel to say the comments are due today. <br />Improper notification is my first complaint. Regardless of your mterprefatlon of the <br />Mining xegs, all state statutes require notification to adjacent property owners or owners <br />of interest and l tlrink you should interpret yoar rags a little broader in light of the calls <br />and letters received to date by the whole residential community up here. <br />Our mairt concern and the only one I understand your artity would even considea, is in <br />regard to our wells. The Thompsons and Pratt already hit ground water at the existing <br />site, were pumping out of it since Spring and covered it up to your satisfaction. They <br />stated numerous times it was snow melt, rainwater and then finally draiwage off the $oor <br />of the pit. We all know that is not the case. Now they are expanding onto another 20 <br />acres on the MESA. As we discussed Mr. Wenzel, the wets table fluctuates with the <br />years (wet versus drought). The track record for the applicant is not good. Your <br />department is nos even required to visit except every four years or by complaint as was <br />done August 30'x. The applicants were given three d ays notice, during which time, they <br />filled the groundwater in. If not for the pictures taken with a mom lens by the <br />neighbors, there would be no evldence. We thought when you visited the site for <br />inspection that you would dig i~o the ground and actually perform testing at the site and <br />