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~'lP:RRILi. A1~DfiaS:1:~. Tlrvp c ?J,aR tars. LLC <br />nTTC AM GY9 •T LA"I <br />~uL G •w 0:1100 <br />GO~.w.C w •i.,r c-nOw: .'iii OJTUG <br />.n~.a. - ,nn .- CCt.OMDG 9TRLVG] iOLG nw 40 OJOW-~~O!• ~~G+~"•Lf rno~ s7]'+'e9 <br />Apr.i 1R, 3000 <br />1. David Hcun, Director ViA F.4f S~&??,S..yAll,1 <br />JVater QLlaiin• Control Division {WQCD-DO-aZ; (iC3) i82-0390 <br />Colorado Dept of Ptiolic Hralttt 3t Eavtonnent iio. ei Pages: ! <br />4300 C'zer,-r CMk Dr t'e SCttL't <br />Denver, ~=olotado 8046-1536 <br />Re: Request ?arr PablFc EIearinq <br />Draft Discharge Per.sit <br />BMRI 5ut Luta Pto;ec <br />Faeili*j `lumber CO-C04Sti75 <br />Dtar M:. Helm: <br />This o tee represents the Shalom Ranch in the San L uis valley. On March 31,::000, the <br />Wamr QVtlit~• Cimtrol Division ("WQCD'~ issued a draft 3ischarge,xtmit to Ha[LC Mtrurtain <br />Resources, i'tc. C`BylEtf' ; to address certain illcgDl dixhargq to sa'face woos is the Kto Seca <br />caged by gold miniuq operations at BMRI's Sao Luis Project T~t_ Shalom Ranci is loea>rd <br />immediamly southwest of BMRI's epuations and northeast of Cite Tawn of San Luis; the Rito <br />Saco flows across the ranch property where stusa water is legally diverted into zn irrigation <br />ditch sad tl:cacc into n :uunl uceguia irrigazioa systrm <br />On behalf cf the Shalom Reach, we hereby eequeat a ptabltc zt~ting oa flat WQt.b'a <br />tcnranve determination w ustu a diacltarCe pc^.l:it t4 BbIRI. Crood uux exists to schedule a <br />public meeting on this 1riaRar. the T, o]vn of San Lais, the eldest town in Colorado, depends on <br />Rico Seco surface water and connected ground water for iU drinkinz water- Local farmers, <br />including the Shalom Ranch, are dependent an then water sources far irrigation. In Atagust <br />1999, both the WQCD and the feda-~tl l.rnirottmeata] Protection Agency issued notices of <br />violation to 9~IRI in respcnse to the discovcy cf unpemtitted seeps emanating from tlln mine. <br />Moreover, the Shalom Ranch bas bean advised by the Division oFlvlinerala end Geology that a <br />phone or'con:amination exists beneath the ROrtheallern paatiatt of titc ]3MEU properly. Finally, <br />rteently one of the Shalom Ranch's ccrttcr pivot irrigation wells lost 50°~ of its production <br />capacity us a result of unexpxted cottnsion oa the well caring and piping. Increased water <br />quality monitoring is necessary to determine whether these impacts west catreed by discharges <br />tiom the mine faciIiry and to goad against arty future itstpacU to watt supplice. <br />Thank you very much. Please da not htsitate to contact me directly if you have nay <br />questions about this matter. <br />vtxy truly your, <br />,.o. <br />Step D. Farris <br />~0'd :7=^_1 GGO: S netN OF<0_Z$~-£0£::cep lIJO~I 3HdQJ <br />