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• Permit Revision No. 3 was submitted on May 17, 1999 and called complete on May 27, 1999. <br />Completenes letters were mailed to the same agencies and organizations that had received <br />completeness letters for Technical Revision No. 6. The public notice announcing [he content and <br />completeness of Permit Revision No. 3 was published for four consecutive weeks, beeinning on <br />June 9, 1999. The public notice also contained the announcement of the opportunity for an <br />informal conference to discuss the issues in Permit Revision No. 3, as well as of the oppottunity <br />for an informal conference to discuss the protection of the public and the affected landowners. <br />The Division received several comment letters, both from govemmenta] agencies and from the <br />public. <br />When BRL submitted Permit Revision No. 3, they responded to the Division's adequacy <br />questions from the previously withdrawn Technical Revision No. 6. The Division sent its first <br />adequacy letter for Permit Revision No. 3 on July 23, 1999. BRL responded to those adequacy <br />questions in letters dated July 27, 1999, August 30, 1999 and October 4, 1999. <br />In several letters dated July ]6, 1999, the Division received further comments from members of <br />the public. in addition to raising concems similar to their concems raised in Technical Revisions <br />Nos. 6 and 7, there were questions about the effects of subsidence, mining through a fault and <br />water rights. Also, there were several requests for an informal conference and a request to place <br />the BRL permit revision material in a location closer to the mine area, rather than in Delta. The <br />Division scheduled an informal conference for August 5, 1999, in which the Division would <br />• discuss the mine plan revisions proposed by BRL, answer questions posed by the public and take <br />additional comments. On July 19, 1999, the Division sent letters to these commenters who had <br />requested the informal conference, and informed several governmental agencies as well, of the <br />date and purpose of the scheduled informal conference. In addition, the public notice that <br />announced the date and purpose of the informal conference was published on July 21 and July <br />28, 1999. Also, the Division placed copies of Permit Revision No. 2, Permit Revision No. 3, <br />copies of the Division's adequacy questions and BRL's responses to those questions and <br />pertinent sections of the Bowie No. 2 approved permit application in the Paonia Public Library. <br />The informal conference was held on August 5, 1999. The Division discussed the content of <br />Permit Revisions Nos. 2 and 3 and [he company's responses to [he Division's adequacy review <br />of Permit Revision No. 2. The company did not have time to respond formally to the Division's <br />adequacy review of Permit Revision No. 3 at that time. The Division also answered questions <br />and received additional comments from the public concerning the proposed changes to BRL's <br />mine plans. <br />The Division also received two letters from the public after the informal conference. concems <br />with subsidence impacts, surface and groundwater impacts to water rights and water resources <br />and the separation in the submittal of the vazious mine plan revisions. <br />At the time of the first informal conference, the company did not have time to respond formally <br />to the Division's adequacy review of Permit Revision No. 3. Therefore, a second informal <br />conference was scheduled. Those members of the public who requested the second informal <br />conference, as well as several governmental agencies, were informed of the date and purpose of <br />7 <br />