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JIM TATUM <br />ATTORNEY AT LAW <br />Telephone (719) 846.0149 Facsimile (719) 846-0159 <br />R~CE~i/ED <br />MAY 1 ~ ~` <br />May 11, 2004 pivisien of !dlinerals and GeoloOY <br />Mr. David Berry Facsimile transmitted (303) 832-8106 <br />Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Basin Resources, C-81-013 <br />Mr. Berry: <br />Please forgive me if my cynicism and perhaps sarcasm shines through; after all, it <br />has only been 14 years of time and three lawsuits to drag Basin to a position of <br />responsibility and seemingly overlong and repeated efforts by your agency to take the <br />side of industry against its victims. <br />How many years of delay did we go thru with your agency claiming that Methane <br />would not kill vegetation at the same airshafr site? Now it is well documented and we <br />see wide-spread destruction of grass and vegetation on our property and other close <br />properties. Yet your people adamantly denied the facts. <br />How many more years of delay, requiring 2 full-blown trials, did it take to get <br />some responsibility for subsidence. Your guy Pendleton did everything he could do to <br />subvert justice. Much dishonesty was revealed in the two trials. <br />It required yeazs and 2 trials to pierce the perjury that the airshaft was cased and <br />responsible for draining the water formation for our water wells. It seems to me that your <br />agency didn't do much to protect the citizens. We saw ridiculous excuses citing water <br />rights, etc. that were completely inapplicable used as justification. <br />What input did the citizens have on the technical revision - no body who has any <br />experience with wells and casing would remotely state that the grout will permeate thru <br />the perforations and pea-gravel and seal off the water zones (which are now depleted). <br />Halliburton or any other truthful source will not tell you they can guarantee a seal under <br />these conditions so please do not try to obfuscate the issue with terms like "high yield <br />concrete, etc". <br />129 North Commercial Street Trinidad, Colorado 81082 <br />