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~*_=~tL~. AxDe~sex. i~rxc & H:';a:s. ;-,C <br />ATTOn` N~VL AT JW <br />AUl 7 A+Of••O+ <br />G'~P+CM o. .. •'f !O eO V.~]c• =•L3CCr- <br />ee..+ie ~ av.e+-~ -cic~+o+e ,nee <br />eaa... e. <br />_.+ei '. +[ao• C_iJ Rw DO ST.T~~6A. C3.ptl,•DG e0e0.t0=GC r.CS•n•.e n ~~ u~•-ice <br />April :^, 200G <br />)'L9 F,4CSlrfIT,E & U.S MAIL <br />(3G~) 792-u39C <br />h'c. of Pages: 2 <br />J. David I?c!.-.~ Di:ror <br />Water Quality Control Livision (W"QCD-CO-B~) <br />Colorado Dent of P~~blic Heahh & fiavir~r,mcm <br />d3 GO Cher. y C: eek Drce ioue~ <br />Denver, Coioru~c 30246-1i~0 <br />Re. Commend on Draft Disehar~e Permit <br />$artle ido4 :rasa Resmuas loc., San ;cats PYOjeet <br />Perrtt No. CO-G04~Si:, Cosn:la court}, <br />Dear ~+Ir. I?clm: <br />?his cffirx ropresents the Shalom Ranch is rl:e 52n Luis valley On Much 31, 2000, the <br />water Quality Cont:nl Division ("wQCD") issued a drag discharge permit m the Berle <br />Mountain Resources, Inc. {"BIYIIiP'} to address cesta~a illegal dueiur4es to sarfiae water ~ n the <br />Rito Sao caused 5y gold n:iriaY operations at Bi1~t1's San Luis Preen. The Shalom Ranch is <br />located immediately southwest afBMRI'i operatiotu and nvr, :asst ai ,~ Town of San Luis; the <br />Rico Seco flows across the rareh property where wriacc water is legally aivetted into an <br />irrigation dita4 and theece into a local urrytria irriptinn syste>a On April 13, 2000, we <br />reoue.+ted a public meeting on the R'QCD's tentative determination to isst:e a discharge permit to <br />BIVIRJ. We are aL,o submitting the following questions and wmmeau oa the draft discharge <br />permit: <br />pi re 3 -- Where is Disclasrgc Paint 002 located? <br />R4tional -Paee 3. 3 Imvacts on Downstream Water Supplies -Tae Aivision hue stead that <br />"There are no Imown surfttct wain supply intakes locaed within 5 miles Jowasoream is the Aso <br />Saco from this faeiliry," gow would the BMRI discharge impact the quality of grtsundwatct in <br />wells located ~n the Rico Seco alluvium within five (S) milee downsseact Sara tltis facility? <br />Ra ~ct,at P~ 8 D Facility Irrtorovemems •• The Division bas stat.•d that "?hsse II coasisrs of <br />using the groundwrter from the Wcst Pit to supplement ayriwltural ware at the Rocky titoumeia <br />Farnsa." Whm groundwater from the West Pit (coa.aining etevated levels o4Tats! Dissolved <br />Salids, sulfate and manganese) supplements ayrialtunJ water at the Rooky iuountaia 'arms, <br />cauid the quality of the 3roundwater beneath the Rocky ?viouatain Fars 5e adversely impacted? <br />srrnit Pa~e'tio I$ t Rcucine Reportntt_afData -She Diririaa requires the permittee 4i send <br />montlily Discharge :vtonitoring Reports to the Division's offiu in Deaver snd'J:e USEPA nflsm <br />£0'~ '_7t£I OOOL ~ heW 116£0-7,?L-£ir:xpj QJt1l"I31idQ~ <br />