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Wilson Farms ~~i° 9268 WCR 28 Platteville, Colorado 80651 25 Augus[2002 RECEIVED Kevin Rein Office of the State Engineer AtIG 112001 Colorado Division of Water Resources 1313 Sherman Street ~IYISI011 of Minerals and Geology Denver, Colorado 80203 Mr. Rein I am writing on behalf of a group of concerned neighbors. Enclosed are my current letters to the DMG and the Department of Health. They c~imma,;>e our neighborhood's groundwater concerns which we, in pert, believe are due to the dry mining operations at a neafiy gravel pit operated by Varna Companies. We first expressed this concern in June via letter to the Colorado Department of Health. This resulted in a 27 June Investigation Report issued by the DMG. You were a recipiem of a copy of that report We subsequently asked for a re-investigation of the situation I also copied you with that letter of request. The DMG letter contains well monitoring data as an attachmem. This data shows that area water levels have dropped substantially. Despite the cturent drought conditions, we believe that the Varna operation is causing off site damage to water table levels and, therefore, area wells. We have also retained a water expert, Forrest Leaf of Leaf Engineering, to help us further substantiate that concern The letter to the Department of Health is our attempt to also influence the oversight process in terms of the discharge permit I[ appears to us that ttte actual discharge mte exceeds the pernritted rate of SOOgpm. It is not clear to me exactly which agency is the most appropriate location to address our concerns, or whether it is amulti-agency oversight responsibility. Therefore, I am forwarding all our current correspondence to ensure that your office is fully appraised of our situation. It may be that we should be working with the Office of the State Engineer with respect to well pemtit issues. I will call your office next week to request a meeting. We feel chat we need to establish a better understanding of how to constructively move the process forward, or to understand that we've exhausted a basis for valid complaint ff you wish to contact me regarding any of these issues, please don't hesitate to call me at (970) 785-0934. One thing we would like to review is a copy of the well permit If this is available, we'd appreciate (mowing how to obtain acopy. - - - Sincerely, ~~~ B Wilson Wilson Farms CC: Carl Mourn, DMG Permit#: /r/~/~i~i~i-dUCo Confidental?: Class: /~,,.Q~$ Type-Seq.: From: f~.~o tai/~a.~ To:~~/~ Doc. Name: l! .„ „gk~i~, Doc. Date (if no date stamp): s~/ate/~~.