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1 <br />rspoosihiz ;.a:::es. Fur east of eot,^,zn:uticaticn in *sis left?: we rei.: tc Dc'.h B1fG an.l BD~fR: <br />collzcticel}• a,~ 3ar.!e'~iourtaia (Bye}. <br />Bu:den of Doubt Must Res: with 4r;~!icaar._ <br />It is irnxrtrn; tc :ememixr t;.e :ationaiz. ^ezd fcr, and !:, •ur- l;ehind tFls oerrn:; <br />applicatiuc. B ~i applied iar and receiv.,d Ferries :o ope ~:e a ze:o-d:'sc~ ;r¢e mining =aci2i~; <br />from rha ColoradD Dzparnt:ent :,f r\atursl Rro•~:ees, Di~•isioa Df ~lirerals ans Ceola_y. During <br />tl'1s pertnicrn2 ~rcccss numerous people quzstioned the ab;:i:}• of :fie mine operationu 'n r.°maia a <br />non~ischazgr.3 facility. pa:,l}: due ro the close pr:cimity a` the rt!:ae pit; to the Rito Szco. >a <br />1998 se:p~e from the !L'est Pit to Rito Seca uas ''sst tepored. Thz ;roundwater h} crDlot,'t,• of <br />the West Pit area ha: been pet~raneati}' altered'~y n:rring operations ~~-20: og.s 8-i0). The <br />water supp_) far the peop;e of the Sat Luis cottununit,•; both domestic rnd agrct:inL*al use <br />ware _ .. ~ ~ (lane: iron Rich \fuza. ~JS EP.4, to <br />Kathiern Reii!~~, CUPHE. dated Jan. 18, 2000). <br />BIv1 has failed m operate under the plans they subrt:iZed e:u:ier; they we:: permitted as a <br />zem-dischargz facility and a ciischazge exists. A.ny permits :rust bz •.~ri;ten so s to :etlzct the <br />realities of •.tater degtsdation bein__ caused 'vy ;he x:ions cf some and petentislly ;uli:red by <br />other. The c:i'ical point here is that in casts of uac.-rtainrv wit:r regard to this xrrrit. ~1PC <br />stron~y ur_es u` e CDPHE to p12ce the burden of proof on Blot, a*d tha aglrt of full protection on <br />the people of tie San Luis area and the pecrie o: Colorado in gcne:al. <br />~eeoaee Ap~zzts to T'ot Have Ceased: <br />We andet~tand that on 5unda~. Agri] :U, 2000. trCCD's Keseareh Director, V:icltael <br />McGowan, obsen~ed som the cuunry rasa that seepage continuer ;o Clow. An}• asstttnpnons that <br />seepage has ~`tazed-CSSrst be veri$ed, an3 any coasequerues of such ar. unverified assumption <br />within the pertsit must be rectified to inflect the actual situation. <br />The Permit Must L-rel~e -all Dischar.e Locadcus as Distinct Disc~e Points: <br />All the discharges of pollutants into the waters of the stew gust be pexautted t CItS 25-8- <br />501(1}). The Eavirorurtental Protection Agency'sYodce of Violation noted four seeps and went <br />on to say that `•these seeps, in addition to the hydrologic connection between the West Pit and the <br />Rito Seco :~llu~itna identified by BDIItL'$MG in documents supplied to CDMG, are considert:d <br />point source discharges to surface water and regtire a CDP S permit" Therefore, there arc six <br />separate drscharge points that must be permitted and monitored: 1-the waste •.rater treatment <br />discharge; ^< - the West Pit discharge CO the allu~lum; 3-6 -the four seeps identified by the EPA. <br />Thjr,Pettnit ?`4,tt~•t Include ?yumeric Limits for Discharee Quantity curd Otralitt^ <br />ht 7R-26 BM azgued to the DMG that the polluted water from the West Pit was reaching <br />the Rico Seco'~itere th backiill contacts ditecdy the alluti•ium." {TR- 26. pg. 21, alsc, see Figtae <br />3-7, "Conceptual Hydtrologic b4ode!'~. This model was further shown ~ Figure 3-4 t IR-2~ and <br />the '`windon~' is dis~,rssed on pages 21- 24 of that document This `~xindow" is described as <br />350 feet in length (TR-26, pg. 24 j. MPC supports the recotrtmendatien ofthe CCCD Consultants <br />that a series of wells ir. the window be used to charstterize the flow from the West P.t, and that <br />threshold Ie•: els for specific parameters be established and monitord is the area oftkte <br />`windo`n". <br />