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BERNARD IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br /> DAN03L P.B8RlIAAD 999 115 K➢�ARX STREET <br /> RICHARD N.LYONS,➢ LYONS & GADDIS POST OFFICE BOX 979 <br /> 1EFFREY 1.KAT1N LONOMONr,CO 80507-09T8 <br /> 1OHN W.OADOL9 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 303-7T69900 <br /> BRADLEY A-HALL PAX 303413.1003 <br /> STEVEN P.JEFFERS ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS B-MAIL uf9®b191m.a <br /> WENDY SLBE RUDNK <br /> ,DECEIVED <br /> June 11, 1999 <br /> JUN 14 1999 <br /> on of Minerals 8 Geo109y <br /> Ben Patton Glen Mallory <br /> Weld County Planning Department Colorado Department of Public Health <br /> 1400 North 17'h Avenue and Environment - HMWMD <br /> Greeley, CO 80631 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br /> Denver, CO 80246-1530 <br /> Harry Posey <br /> Colorado Department of Natural <br /> Resources <br /> Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Re: Varra Companies, Pit No. 1, Weld County, MLRB Permit No. M-74-052; <br /> USR Permit 248; CGRS No. 1-135-2755 <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> I am an attorney representing the St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy <br /> District, which has filed a statement of opposition to a Water Court application filed <br /> by the Varra Companies involving the above referenced gravel pits. Through the <br /> Water Court proceedings, the District learned of Varra's proposal to dispose of coal <br /> ash by burying it in the unlined gravel pits along the St. Vrain River. The District <br /> has requested me to write a letter to each of you, stating the District's opposition to <br /> the proposed project. The District is concerned about the potential for <br /> contamination of surface and ground water sources, since the application proposes <br /> the disposal of coal ash within the alluvial aquifer. <br /> Based on the information we have reviewed, coal ash is a solid waste, which has the <br /> potential for leaching of metals and other contaminants into the local water supply, <br /> including the alluvial aquifer and the surface stream. This may lead to contamination <br /> of wells and surface water rights in the immediate area, and downstream. There is no <br /> scientific basis to determine whether this disposal project will be safe, or to <br /> demonstrate that contamination will not occur at this site. <br /> The District does not think the State should approve an experiment of this type in the <br /> alluvial aquifer, due to the potential for contamination and the difficulties in <br /> remediating any such contamination. It is simply not good enough to allow disposal <br /> k%G9LWDATA%C L I E N T S\SIS V L N W\PAT TO N-MAL LO RY-P0SEY-L.00C 00/09/99 4:56 PM <br />