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~ ~~ <br />r AVLIAN~E pOR CL ~ <br /> <br />uN51BLE nay <br />[:OLIN HENDERSON, MU, NRESIDENT OF THE dOgRD <br />P.O. Box 1515 • AUiMOSA. [O 81 101 •719.174.0322 <br />4126100 <br />Via Fax, l lard Copy to follow by Mail <br />Mr. Greg Ctrer <br />Battle Mountain GoW <br />333 (aay Sc .>uire 42110 <br />1•inusrnn, Texas <br />Ik~:+r Mr. F.erQr: <br />r•~ <br />V. ~ 1?= <br />el ~~ ~ <br />M.Iir~x r' <br />Y <br />`~..7, <br />1' t''' <br />We ate in rce:eipi of your lecua dr+rad MtS/i.Ul1U. Tlcmk you fnr l+rinein¢ your corrr:cttu w vur .. Winn <br />with re¢ard w the lknvtr Past article published on 4125fD0 on page SB entitled "Petition drive , t~+ets ¢old• <br />minirr6 practices." The Allionec l'or 1L.5p+inaible: Muilng hs, it`wer stac.d there Is ryanide in he <br />co:nartritwced ¢routtd wgrer plume wt Rattle Mounc+in Cold. Thu statevr~ztt iu the arcicl. was lcly a <br />roult of reporter error and we have been informed ~ correction will be published in the 1)anv r Pose. <br />lire Alli:mce fnr liesl+oruzble Mining also algnecu+tns your concrrn witl+ re~rd to ovr svulnc t drat chc <br />mwn of San Lu'u' water supply may be thrarened by the cnntaminatad gmund water plume. It this <br />rerpKC, Lhe Alliance for Ilosponsible Mining olxninul its infonuacion from an EPA letter from I lydrolopisc <br />Riclr Muza m Ms. Krrchleen Reilly at the kPA's Water Quality Control Division datai 1/181200 . <br />conformanrs with your request, the Alliance Eor Resporvihle Mining hereby formully ratracis nd <br />disavows uty smtenrents that ¢o Ixyond du EPA's.tatcmenss mutalned in chat public docume c The <br />/tlltarroc fnr Liesponslble Mining did trot in any way meur to Imply any a+rrte rlvu L1rr infonna ion this <br />letter su¢¢esss. Tluc letter stars: "There is ^ distance of approximroely LB miles fmm the •~ hw~tsal <br />wrner of the permit brxnulxry m thr man's clnacar. watet,svpply well. &timadng ¢round-ware Elow <br />.nlnelciea board on mnw:r+'ative assumptions Eoc aquifer prcipertic, it ,.void mlc a eenvamin3+ r plu",^ <br />from the rite epproxiutatcly 15 yr-ars m tech the well via grouud-water pathway. However, rl s ritr+u <br />frrmr. rnuld l+e reduced if •r rele.:se t+f esiuraminanss m the Riw S~cn ddinage aeeurecd. Un Ll+is <br />scenario. concantinane would he transported rapidly via surfne• flow and rn,dd s~„p inm the s allow <br />grouud-water ryrtem ever titnc sod at poinv closer to the wwn's water srq+ply walls." 1118/200 ai page 3. <br />In the futurr., the Alliance fnr Responsible Mining will ntlu: ¢teat cote w cite official public :umr~:ts <br />when making Factual saumenis re rdinR Hsccle Meaent:ein (inld San Luis Mine. Thank you f r your <br />atunttiou and we regret any ruisunderstandiug chc Denver Post article bus rauserL <br /> <br />Sincere/ly, <br />C~o~ <br />ralin 1-Icudasrnr, Df. D. <br />~. Mr. Johrr Dsvidson, Deputy Sracc L•diwr, lknver Pon <br />a4izs/DO WED zo:o7 <br />TGP eP <br />` 4 n <br />~, <br />JAS <br />[TE/1tX ND 88541 <br />0 <br />0 <br />