PERMFILE108928

• Permit No: M1989044
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/15/1989
• Doc Name: OBJECTION LETTER-TWIN CREEK CAMPGROUND FN M-89-044
• From: MLRD
• To: CLARE CORP
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

F.L. PEARCE
Environmental

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DATE; JUNE 06, 1989 ~i JUI} g 1989
T0; MINE; LAND R.;CLAIMATION BOARD
ROOM 215 I!t;i,._~
1313 SHERMAN STREET ~~~i ~~,~ "r""+,-e"" _. ~. ~,_
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DENVER COLORADO, 80203
RE; OBJECTION, GLAIR PERMIT FOR MINING IN T TWIN CREEK BASIN
IN FLORISSANT COLORADO.
DEAR SIRS;
AS THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR FOR THE FLORISSANT WATER AND SANITATION
DISTRICT AND SPF,AKING ON BEHAVE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THAT DIST-
RICT. THE FLORISSANT WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, P.O.BOX 565, FLORISS-
ANT COLORADO 80816, WISHES TO REQUEST A HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PERMIT
TO BE ISSUED TO MR. CLAIR OR THE CLAIR CORPORATION FOR MINING IN THE CREEK
BED OF TWIN CREEK, LOCATED APPROX, 1/4 MILT, UPSTREAM (EAST), OF FLORISSANT
COLORADO. THIS REQUEST FOR A HEARING IS NOT A'FORMAL OBJECTION TO THE
MINING OPERATION AT PRESENT, HO1Vh'VER THE FLORISSANT WATER AND SANITATION
DISTRICT AND LOCAL RESIDENCE ARE, IN THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING STAGES
TO DEVELOPS LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES UTILIZING THE STREAM FLOWS IN THE AREA
WHERE THE GLAIR CCRPORATION HAS APPLIED FOR A PERMIT TO MINE. AS YOU F~lOW
MINING OF ANY SORT IN A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, WATER COURSE CAN HAVE VERY
SEVERE IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY. THE, LOCATION OF THE MINING OPERATION IN
THE STREAM BED APPROX, 1/3 MILE ABOVE THE LOCATION OF OUR WATER COLLECTION
INTAKES (PLANNED), PRESENTS SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE
PLANNED WATER DISTRICT.
THE FLORISSANT WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT FORMALLY REQUESTS A POST
FON:sMENT OF THE Fr;RMIT ISSUANCE, UNTIL A HEARING CAN BE HELD TO DETERMINE
THE IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY IN THIS AREA. IF THE REQUESTOR OF THE PERMIT
CAN AT THE HEARING PROVIDE PROOF THAT THE WATER SUPPLIES WILL NEVER BE
ENDANGERED FROM GAS,OIL AND SOLVENT SPILLS, AND THAT NO TOXIC SUBSTANCES
OF ANY SORT WILL ENTER THE WATER, AND THAT NO INCREASES IN TURBIDITY WILL
OCCURS IN THE WATER COURSE, THEN THE FLORISSANT W/S DISTRICT WILL HAVE NO
OBJECTION. THESE REQUIREMENTS HOWEVER ARE IN ADDITION TO REQUIREMENTS THAT
THE WATER :FLOWS ARE NEVER INTERRUPTED, RECHANNLED OR DISTRUBED TO A POINT
WHERE WATE.3 QUALITY IS CHANGED.
THE DISTRICT REALIZES THAT IN ORD:~R FOR THE MINING OPERATIONS TO PROCEED
MANY SAFE GUARDS WOULD HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AND INSTALLED BY THE MINING
CONTRACTOR, TO SAFEGUARD THE WATER SUPPLIES OF THE COMMUNITY (A5 PLANNED).
A HEARING :INVOLVING THE FLORISSANT WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, IT'S
BUSINESS A')?TORNEY,WATER ATTORNEY AND ENGINEERING FIRM, AS WELL AS THE GLAIR
CORPORATIO'.V REPRESENTITIVES IS REQUESTED SO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED CAN HEAR
BOTH SIDES, BOTH FRO AND CON.
IS IT THE FUNCTION OF THE RECLAIMATION BOARD TO HOLD SUCH HEARINGS? THE
DISTRICT WISHES TO INCUR NO EXFENCE OTHER THAN REPRESENTATION, AND FEELS
THE COSTS OF SUCH HEARINGS SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE RECLAMATION BOARD OR
THE APFLIC,aNT FOR THE PERMIT.
cc; FWSD 1~ILES SINCERLY:
FWSD ATTORNIES FRED PEARCE
GILBERT,MEYER AND SAMS ENGIN%ERS FWSD, SUPERVISOR
P.O. Box 5331 • Woodland Park, Colorado 80863 • [phone]