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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 8703 Bonhomme Houston, Texas 77074 (713) 995-7(WS Telccop~rr (713) 995x19 i Law Offices of Jim Tatum & Associates P.O. Box 86 12630 Hwy. 12 '~FCEIVED Weslon,Coloradg81091 A6010a~ ~ SIEIOtYIN(719) 868-3310 N(1V G 9 1994 Telecopicr ~ss~ 6 o n~j~> X63-26, 2 v~r c: ~ ;,. ;unera~s 8 Ge r~~R 1~~~'c, November 3, 1994 Director Michael Long Colorado Department of Mining and Geology 215 Centennial Building 1330 Sherman Street .. 1 ,, a,. 00207 ..w .:2r, ~... ..rci. ,: RE: BASIN RESOURCES, Golden Eagle and New Elk Mines, Weston, Las Animas County, Colorado, and Savage Industries Director Long: This letter will constitute a citizens complaint against Basin Resources, Inc. and Savage Industries. I am requesting intervention by the appropriate State agencies to investigate all permit violations by Basin Resources, Inc. It is my belief that Basin is violating the emission permits for the Golden Eagle and New Elk mines, as well as the discharge permits. The greatly increased noise emitted by the blowers must be in violation of the noise emissions levels. Basin Resources operates two mines, the Golden Eagle and New Elk mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Savage Industries is the subcontractor hauling coal between the two Basin mines. in i•iarcir, i5~4, the residents residing in Lne vicinity of the Basin mines presented Basin and Savage with a petition requesting these parties to clean up the coal and coal dust along Highway 12, reduce the noise pollution being emitted from the Savage vehicles and to reduce the amount of coal dust being discharged from the Savage trucks, which contaminates vegetation, land and homes along State Highway 12. Basin and/or Savage had failed to respond to complaints made by the l,as Animas County Health Department, and the County Planne:-s Office prior to receiving the citizens complaints. No action was taken until Basin and Savage were advised they were going to be sued. Basin and Savage were served with a lawsuit in May, 1994, for polluting the land vegetation and water along State Highway 12.