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<br />JOHN W. SHOMAKER, INC. <br />GEOLOGY-HYDROGEOLOGY <br />?703 BROADBENT I'ARICWAY NE, SUITE D <br />ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87107 <br />(505) J4S3407 <br />May 22, 1992 <br />Ms. Nora Jacquez <br />Jacquez and Arnold, Attorneys <br />Denver, Colorado <br />Dear Ms. Jacquez, <br />Enclosed you will find some background information to describe <br />the technical services in water quality monitoring of mining <br />operations that can be offered to the residents of tY.e San Luis <br />Valley. The monitoring operations would be conducted by John <br />Shomaker, Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jim Toli:,ano has <br />agreed to participate in the project as a sub-contracted <br />Associate of John Shomaker, Inc., and will be respon_;ible for <br />ensuring that reliable and thorough field sampling arld data <br />collection is conducted; samples are properly delivered to our <br />certified laboratory; and community needs for information or <br />other services are fully met during the life of the F~roject. The <br />technical specialist supervising data collection, an~clysis, and <br />interpretation will be Mr. Robert Newcomer of John Shomaker, Inc. <br />Resumes for Mr. Newcomer and Mr. Tolisano are includf:d with this <br />transmission. <br />John W. Shomaker, Inc. specializes in solving ground-•water <br />related problems including those associated with pre::ent and past <br />mining operations. We have been working for the past: two years <br />for Pegasus Gold Corporation's Ortiz Project JV. We have <br />conducted hydrogeologic studies in support of dischaJ~ge permits, <br />water rights applications, resource assessments and clewatering <br />for proposed mining operations. We have also evaiuai:ed ground- <br />water contamination problems associated with past mining <br />activities; this includes assessments of environment~il impacts <br />caused by acid-rock drainage and cynanide-nitrate-mei:al ground- <br />water contamination. <br />While we do conduct our own field sample collections. we do not <br />maintain our own laboratory analysis facilities. A1:- of our <br />samples are delivered overnight to Analytical Techno:.ogies, Inc. <br />(ATI), an EPA-certified laboratory located in Tempe, Arizona. <br />ATI has provide our and many other firms with the highest quality <br />analyses of soil and water samples for many years. <br /> <br />1 , UN 4 1992 <br />Mined Land <br />Reclamation ~~•~'~~~n <br />