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EAT 6Y~mss : 9- 7- 0 .10 ~ 27.4M : massey~ JV Vl\i/1vi:JJ Public Hearing Scheduled for September A public hearing ¢bout fhc xwnd deft of a proposed discharge permit Pa Oartle Mountain Gold IS scheduled for Scptcmber 6 Ervin 5:00 to 7:00 p.nt. et the Cedes Baubien Theatre In San Luis. Like the fist draft, this sewnd dreg of the pcrmi[ still does not set numeric pollution limimtloM [or the second oC two proposed Qiahagc points. Ch< sewnd dlschuge point is e 'window" through which polluted water SKp3 from the mine's wail pit into the Rito Scco. Ir u essential to have this water matiared and to hove limits set For the amount of pollution that is ullowcd a seep from the pit into the adiacan atr<am• N this point' the mine and Ne stale arc claiming that the seepage fmm the west pit Into the Rito Sew bas stopped. They clalvt Nu the gradient has been rcvcned and now No weer flows Ne opposite dhectlon Nrough this seepage window,. which means Ihet water from the she0m now fbws into Ne pit. Why does Ne mine tied to have a permit for a seep chat Ney claim hot stopped? AM why ue they eo rclucmnt to test water gwliry if the pollutloo has been hnhed] Hopefully, rhea ere some of the questions that will be oddressed at the hearing In Seplcmbw. 'Ihc permit does trot Prola<t the Hitn Seto and doWnatream CammuniliCS wlthwt eRluent (pollution) umrmdons Results back from the SPA During the monN of June a sam- pling team Crom the h:mcrgency Rcspnnsc Department of the F;nvironmenwl Protection Agency (EPA) gothcrcd warcr samples hem new seep/bog yeas long the R'rto Scco below Battle Mountain Gold's mine sire. The preliminary results from rhea samples have just Conte in. Une of Ouse samples in particular, berg area pl, which is located along the Rite Sew, shows high levels of pollu• tern. The preliminary result show wakr gbel[ry levels in the bogs to be cxwadmg wear quality standards for Arxnlc, Zinc, Iraq Manganore, and Copps. Although Nvc are no swndards set for Aluminum, h also tested high. Suopla rakrn Gan a possible reepage et the old EarN Sdenua Inch Pad exceeded wmer quality swtldards for Mangenew but not for the othu snn- Iytes (polluunu). C/IART~OF LFVF1,9 OF POLLUTANT6 V8.3TANDARDB FOR THE TWO NEWLY TESTED BOO AREAS ADJACENT TO RITp 9EC0 WATER OOALIfY BYAtOLWDa ANAtttE BOO SEEP AREA es t1008E~ABFJth FOR RfT08EC0 Abminum x,700 uyt 190,00E ug11 Ivunlc S6.3 rrg11 1D ugH copper - 7/t ogle 11.1 trglt bon 11.000 tyt 70.000 ugH 1000 tpR Nanamaw r,add ryl a61,Ip0 up1 so ugll 9ne 21.a vy1 all eOh 10 uyt 7Hfaf ARE i7it:MlHarARY RfaUtl'b COSTII.I.A lr~lJl\ 1 1 la~lAlvll l 1~ for u~ of the pmposrd dishharge pointy. T1rc issue at rake k nal trying to stop Ne stem from issuing ^ dixhatge permµ It is }ou hie for that. The issue at sukets making sure then our warcr is protadud by a swag discharge permit. ThF mint hna alrcWy broken h's Promise of being a "zero-discharge 3038328106:# 2/ 3 fsility." and now we arc doling Whh the corOequrnces of two unrcgtrlated d'uchergm. Siam Nese dixhergm can• nm be wmplaely ssoppod, they need to be rogulued, The present rLaR of No permit only regulues ono of these dis- chargos std that is unxsptable. We need to make sum Net Nis permit t9 ss wrong as h cm be m, psoiect warm quel- Iry in the Rito Sxo Drainage. Pleau come co Ne Public Hexing. All wmmuniry numbers are welwma. Pt.blic Hearing: Cepwmber 6dt 5-7. PM , C¢rlw. Baubien Thaue in Son Luis. Loner expre.siog wmmuniry cat- temp mwt be sent by October 3, 2000, to Don ~HOlmor, Colorado Departmwu of Pvbllt Heohb and Environment. Wua Quality Control Division p-B3, Denver CO 80416. Sad State of Affairs BY ],rs Cwr~[:os ' 'll¢ wild disuisrmns that our coimnuniV wen[ through at the recent Colorado Water Quality Pennilling entering wa} a nightmare went true. llrc hisrgry of this water quality uun+trophc is woo doeumentcd and th< predictions of dt~ locnb etc sadly booming pan of rho HMti mine hlaory. Bark in Ne arty 90b the fight by locals with the slate and du: mining tyrei{,any was rxtenaivc end exhausting. n all h.ppmed ton quick apd too big. enwttar wmmuniry prediction cnmc tme. Then Ne eootamination of rho boauti• ful I{ia Sew began. Now in 2000, the State has m permh tits mining tympany w it can dis- char~e Into Ne week Meeting efrcr meeting Na issuq of wntwimted water gcrcijlg ittto the creek aewocd b get blown oven The Comptury said a Blurry walllweuld be ineufkd b proveot any cotomtmicatlon between Ne crcrk and mina.conumhwtM water, The well was never installed and today we hove xep+ wiN pear water quality entering the Bred . This disaster and situation is another t:rayy eaampk of ^ symam that is oo[ rvorking: ll is a system [hY is unfaU to Nc purple and disuhvus to the tna- paye~s of the worry, state cad c0untry.'1'ha bursdybuddy tyattm of the arise end She mining companies makes h extremely diffiwlt for der wmmuniry to get e fai voice in Mw the mine is w opaaw. h wouldn't be Ne bruineea of anyone UN~ wmpenics would do good tvoh. h'a rat this way and Ne companks starts a hide behind the clerk of week sow taros. Coorado is b nod of rcfmo. The Diveion of Minerals and Qwlogy (DING) Is not taking cart of rho wmntunitie. This may be ba:atrsa of Nnding, but hawvo the rason,~Ne prone this Ney make arc huge and evalauing. Just t¢ke a look et Summinille. A eymem whero Ne mining contponice ~dict¢tt to the yob how to mint will Mver be Ikir b the other 16dumW Nat depad On good weld gWllry. There me many this feel this Ne CobrWoNmnl Resource Depruucnt should get rut of rbe permhting ~bmineaa bc<auss Nry io such ^ bed job !or the people of NO state. Wlrn Govcmor Owens took orrice, he gave the mining ca0peoies o to bjak. Wall, how about giving the taxpayer a brak by giving us a ,wnnger organlatlon to isauC mining permits. Stop making the people pay for wrporate misr{kCS anti kr the patgle dnide what is good for tAemsefva. pvblts(,cPd : L,u -Sew,r~ i ~1~'9 ~ :~ ~ a 5 ~ a oc~ ~