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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
M1988112
IBM Index Class Name
General Documents
Doc Date
10/15/1990
Doc Name
MEMO COSTILLA COUNTY AND BATTLE MTN RESOURCES
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EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
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<br />RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) <br />REGARDING THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES SAN LUI9 PROJECT <br />Submitted 6y <br />Costilla County Conservancy District <br />(October Sv, 194(5) <br />INTkODUCTION <br />The following is a detailed description of recommendations <br />st.tbmitted by the Costilla County Conservancy District to the EFA <br />requesting and defining the parameters for appropriwte review and <br />assessment procedures in the case o4 Eattle Mountain Resources' <br />fPMR) San Lt.tis Froject. It is our informed view, that tho proposed <br />PMk strip-mxnxng.and.cyenide_loach _vat_milling..facill.ties. are tend <br />will contint.te to be> in direct violation of Title One, Sections 101 <br />and 1<!?, cf the _ZJatxoAa~, Envi.rvnmalLtdl. _P[71.icy .AGt_ tNEPA). and <br />~~~ction 4~r4 of the Clean Water Act. <br />These violations involve Complicity by the Colorado State <br />Mined Land Reclamation._Poard (MLRB),_.ktte....U.S.._ Army Corps of <br />Engineers, and the National Trust for Historic Precorvatlon and <br />consist of a failure by these agencies to thoroughly cansidor water <br />and air quality issues, watlends and wildlifo impacts, or• long-torm <br />Affects of the project on the San Luis National Historic: District, <br />local Centennial Farms. and oldest aojt.tdicated wator rights in the <br />Statn.. ._ _.. <br />Ut.tr recommendations are based on careful consideration of non- <br />confidential information generated before and aftQr the )^LkE permit <br />rrvi~w Hearings. We .used Title One of NEPA and Section 404 of the <br />l:lt~an 4later Act iCWA) as guidelines in making our dtaterminatians <br />for proposed actions by the EFA and Governor Roy Romer. <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS <br />1. Cal,l_for_t)torouflh•_onviranmgntal__and_;flrwi~l-1taQ;t~_st~ter~gp~B. <br />fhe EPA should conduct thorot.tgh investigations t~ produce <br />~ffic-ial EIS (Environmental Impact 5tatoments) and SIfl (8ocial <br />]muact alasessments) as required by Title Une, Sections 1ir1 and SGT <br />of NC=F•A, fJt)=~:, est.;hLiShes that the EIS review pros etas include <br />Nna.lvsi~ of impacts on natural resources (water and air quality for <br />e. ~~. ) .as wel 1 es cr.,l total and hi stet! C resources. <br />file main ,~rG.~:: of concern are the probable impacts associated <br />with thr, tailowxr~n a:;pucts of the Et`IR plan: <br />!a) D~zw:atcarincj: Tlie EFA shoultl doter mine if dewatering of the <br />ea -t and west mine pits by 6Mk wi 1 1 rest.tl t i n damage9 to aeni or <br />writer r_,trr5, we+tl.~ndc, and wildlife a5 a consequence of long-term <br />inrredsu+; in ~edim~ntatton and turbidity and draw-down e4fectS from <br />.~ sJ:; nu le r.adii.r~~ ci:~nE~ c+f depression associated with the Wino <br />
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