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• iii iiiiiiiiniii iii <br />RECEIVED 999 <br />MAR 0 2 2001 <br />PUBLIC COMMENT ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 Division of Mlneralsid90alagY <br />Regarding: Permit # 2001-01, Line Camp Gravel Mine, Dolores, CO <br />Applicant: Four States Aggregates, LLC <br />FAXED 2/28/01, postmarked 3/l/Ol <br />I am a resident that lives approximately 2 miles from the proposed ruining location. I would like to provide <br />public comment on a few issues that are misleading or misrepresented in the permit application that was <br />received by your Division on January 8, 2001. <br />In the section of the permit delineated by your Division and requiring initialing to represent understanding of <br />the implications of the "Responsibilities as a Perniittee," item number two states, "The Board may suspend or <br />revoke this permit, or assess a civil penalty, upon finding that the pennittee violated the terms or conditions of <br />this permit, the Act, the Mineral Rules and Regulations, or that information contained in the application or your <br />permit misrepresent important material facts..." It is the misrepresentation of important material facts that I am <br />concerned with in this public comment. These are as follows: <br />A In regards to surface water quality, Exhibit Page 25, item 6, Prevention and mitigation actions, it is <br />stated that, "Storm water prevention and management actions, including erosion and sediment control, will be <br />implemented as required by the Colorado Discharge Permit System storm water general permit for which <br />coverage has been obtained for this site." It is stated in the past tense, leading a reader to believe that a permit <br />has been obtained. On page Exhibit Page 44, Exhibit M-OTHER PERMITS AND LICENCES AND <br />RELATED ISSUES, the line in that table for "Colorado Stonn Water" states, "General Permit, Certification to <br />be determined," and "Notice of intent to be submitted at time of state 1 l2 application with plan." The permit <br />was not obtained as described on page 25. Therefore this is a misrepresentation of important material <br />information. The material information being the permit, and the importance being that two counties receive <br />drinking water and irrigation water from the river that is receiving this discharge. <br />Also in regards to surface water quality, i[ is stated on Exhibit Page 14, SURFACE WATER <br />MANAGEMENT, it is stated at the end of the second paragraph that, "The Dolores is a warm water fishery: <br />discharge temperature regulation is not required." This is absolutely false. The Dolores River supports two <br />species of trout and kokanee salmon, all of which are cold-water species. The Colorado Department of Health <br />and Environment Water Quality Control Commission has desigrsated the Dolores River as a cold water fishery <br />with water quality standards that support that designation. Those standards are cited in the first paragraph of <br />that same page where it states that "The drainage will be controlled by and treated as required by water quality <br />regulations..." and it is footnoted that the surface water management plan (not included in this permit <br />application) "provides detailed information." If the applicant's understanding of the regulations is sufficient to <br />provide detailed information, then it should be understood that it is NOT a warm water fishery. This is also a <br />misrepresentation of material facts that is intended to mislead the Division in determining the environmental <br />impacts of this mining operation. <br />(J , ~ <br />