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~~^~~~ ,/~~~~~ G~ <br />~~ <br />UPPER CLEAR CREEK <br />WATERSHED ASSOCIATION <br />P. O. BOX 3058 <br />IDAHO 8PRIIVGS, CO 80452 <br />Mr. Tony Petersen, Director <br />Gilpin County Planning Commission <br />P. O. Box 661 <br />203 Eureka Street <br />Central City, CO 80427 <br />RE: Proposed MMRR Aggregate Quarry <br />Pending Application M20040~-7 <br />Gilpin County 1/ <br />Dear Mr. Petersen, <br />O <br />~~~~~~ <br />0 3 2007 <br />ivis~on c~ Rec;amation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />The Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association (UCCWA) is the designated 208- <br />management agency responsible for overseeing water-quality and water-resources <br />issues through the upper portion of the Clear Creek Watershed. Our membership <br />includes twenty municipalities, counties, and dischargers located in the upper Clear <br />Creek watershed in Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties. As such, we have a responsibility <br />to review the potential impacts to water quality from the proposed MMRR mining <br />operation. <br />We have recently become aware that the quarry has initiated the permitting process <br />with the County. We would like to request that UCCWA be included on the County's <br />referral list for this project. We recognize that aggregate mining operations provide an <br />essential product; and we are certain that the various permitting and regulatory <br />agencies of the State of Colorado can work together to promote and enforce a "big <br />picture" perspective that provides overall environmental, social, and economic <br />sustainability. <br />Respectfully, <br />/s/ <br />Dale Lauer, 2007 UCCWA Chair <br />cc: Division Reclamation, Mining & Safety-Carl Mount, Loretta Pineda, Ron Cattany <br />Division of Minerals and Geology-Thomas Schreiner; Bruce Humphries <br />