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--~ <br />Corporate <br />P.O. Box 80905 <br />Seattle, WA 98108 <br />Bus: (206) 932-1800 <br />Fax: (206) 937-8232 <br />AUGUST 22, 1995 <br />• COM, INC. <br />Colina Oro Molino <br />T0: MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />FROM: GWEN FRASER ~<.w-+2- -i~~w- <br />RE: UPDATE ON COM, INC. PLANS <br /> <br />Millsite <br />9145 Sunshine Canyon Rd. <br />Boulder, CO 80302 <br />Bus: (303) 447-7746 <br />Fax: (303)447-7746 <br />MY INTENTION WAS TO TAKE THE MATTERS IN THE PERMIT <br />REQUIREMENTS ONE BY ONE AS THEY ARE LISTED. SINCE THE <br />REQUIREMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN DRAFTED, AND MY CONVERSATION LAST <br />WEEK WITH ALLEN SORENSON INDICATED THAT THE NEED FOR BETTER <br />COMMUNICATIONS WAS THE REAL FIRST HAND CONCERN - I WILL MAKE <br />MY REMARKS ON THAT PLANE. <br />FIRST LET ME SAY THAT I LISTENED TO THE TAPES OF THE JUNE <br />HEARING. IT WAS EASY TO DETERMINE THAT FRUSTRATION PREVAILED <br />FROM ALL CONCERNED. I REGRET MY DECISION TO NOT BE PRESENT, <br />BUT DOUBT THAT I WOULD HAVE LESSENED THE FRUSTRATION LEVEL. <br />NEVER THE LESS I PLAN TO BE PRESENT AT FUTURE HEARINGS, AND <br />HAVE INDICATED TO MR. SORENSON THAT I AM AVAILABLE TO HIM <br />DIRECTLY AS WELL. <br />IF I COULD CHANGE ANY OF THE PAST, I WOULD CHANGE ALL OF IT. <br />UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE. LIKEWISE I AM OF <br />A PHILOSOPHY OF DEALING IN REALITY AND IN THE PRESENT. <br />PRESENTLY, COM, INC HAS A PERMIT TO OPERATE THE MILL AT GOLD <br />HILL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT WILL BE HANDED DOWN BY STAFF. <br />MR. SORENSON AND I HAVE MET, AND HAVE AGREED TO CO-OPERATE TO <br />KEEP THE ISSUES AT THE MILL IN PERSPECTIVE, AND TO WORK <br />TOGETHER IN A MANNER THAT WILL INSURE AN ABSENCE OF OUR NAME <br />ON YOUR AGENDA. I WAS SINCERE IN THAT COMMITMENT AND AM <br />CONFIDENT THAT MR. SORENSON WAS AS WELL. I BELIEVE THAT MY <br />RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN POSITIVE. IT IS <br />OUR GOAL TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. <br />I TOOK SERIOUSLY THE IMPLICATION OF ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS <br />THAT COM, INC. APPEARED TO BE A SMALL TIME OPERATOR -ACTING <br />NEGLIGENTLY, AND CAUSING DIFFICULTIES FOR THE LEGITIMATE <br />OPERATORS WITH REGULATORS. I WANT TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO <br />CORRECT THAT IMPRESSION. THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH MY <br />STYLE OR MY REPUTATION IN MY INDUSTRY. <br />