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~' <br />MINERAL ~ fit: • 5, ?pop <br />POLICY <br />c e v r ~ u ~ _~.:it ^Iaci[Lrieb. Permit L:;.i[ P~lanase: <br />~~'a:=: ~,rualin• Protzction Section <br />F a:er Quaiiry ~ gaol DSvsien <br />P.n:ccrsrrg C~iorado Deparm;eat o2 ?~abL: Heal[]? zr:d Env'iroome-[t <br />4. ~i Che:y Cr-.ek Dr. S. <br />Cosnmuritier De:1~'dr COlOr3tiJ 80240-' ?~ L' <br />and thr <br />.Enuimnmms vT.~ Fr~CST1HILE 1303) 782-x390 <br />Original copy by First Class Mail <br />Re: Draft Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDP~) Permit Number C0= <br />OOd56?5. Bartle !Vlounrain Resources. inc., Costilla County, C olorldo <br />Dezr Vii;. ivac::itrieb: <br />Suuchweec <br />.c:eru;c R:d¢r <br />V.O. [fox 2414 <br />tluranyW, C.a4,etdo <br />81301 <br />r.~.yn,..., <br />970.382.0621 <br />F . <br />970.38.0' 1 ~ <br />E..r:4 <br />mperrw®boncier.n~c <br />Wilin',r <br />'o.""'m.nualpa4tyoR <br />These sre the comment of hiireral Policy Cert.r on the Draft ::olo-edo <br />Discharge Perini[ Sys, a (CDPSI Per:ttit for Bartle ?v4oL~rain Resources, Ir.c.'s San <br />L•.hs dine site (Permit Number CO-0045615). ~tiner~i Policy Center is a natiotral <br />nor.-pirofit organization ihat ~n~orks vv~ith local .esi3enu _hrougzout Le U. S. to reduce <br />the negative social, economic and environmental impacu of mining. ~i'a have <br />coaunented on aspects of Battle Moutttain Reso[ttv,es.:nc.'s (BI~fiZj San L~>is <br />operations Iiom the initial permitting stage up through the cturent issues. a'e <br />appreciate the ouporttulity to comment on this drab discharge permit. !a preparing <br />these comments we reviea;ed :he technics! commenu by Rocky Mountain <br />Consultants, Inc. (R_tilC), Hydrokinetics, Inc (I-IISl}, and fiydrofh~namics, Inc. (HDI) <br />!collectively referred to hire as CCCD Coosultantsj prepay-d for the Costil:a County <br />Conservancy D•lsuict (CCCD), communicated with CCCD petsonrel and <br />representatives, as well as representatives ofPeople's ~itetvative Fsergy Services <br />{P.~ES). 5Ve appreciate the assistance received from these sources. although these <br />comments represent the views of Mineral Policy Center alone, and Mineral Policy . <br />Canter alone is responsible for them. <br />General Comments: <br />Bartle Mountain Gold Comt>ariv Should be a Co-f~licat~t.' <br />IviPC believes that Battle Mountain Gold Company (BMC i should be a co- <br />anplicant for the discltarge permit, as they are a co=operator of the San Luis facility. In. <br />addition, we understand that several communications between the facility managers <br />acrd CDPI-lE have either come from BMG, been on BZwfG letterhead: and,'or been . <br />aCdressed to B1~SG personnel. MPC has all too oRcv seen whew a company ha . <br />seccessfilily shielded itself from it's responsibility for a site by the rise of wholly or <br />partly owned subsidiaries, andlor pamerin; corpontiens. m addition, b1PC strongly <br />urges public egeneies w maintain t1=a full and recognized : esponsibility of a sire.on vl! <br />