2008-03-03_REVISION - M1988112 (19)

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~~ ~~ ~ J LLieJU 1G JJI- I-ICUI I LY71YV R.1~71-I I J .~UUI'i~~1L 117b (C1VJ `I7 ~ rC Ubaldo F. Padilla ~I~tl1 U v Li,„~ P.O. Box 495 207].4 County Rd P.6 ~ -. _ San Luis CO 81152 `~ `' ~,- ~ ~`e/l In l,~ ~., l .,~,~ to ,.. ' 3 MAR 10 200 March 3, 2008 Wallace Erickson, Environmenta! Protection Specialist 701 Camino del Rio, Room 315, Durango, CO 81301 Phone (970) 247-5469 and FAX number (970) 247-5104. Ronald W. Cattany, Director Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Mr. Erickson and Mr. Cattaa~y and others Whom Concern: Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety n ~6 e~lv n ~r, ~ ~ ~ 0.3 J Sa„ ~~~.~ P~of~ M~~gBS-i~z This letter constitutes notice that many entities and individuals in Southern Costilla County, including Las Comadres de San Luis y el Condado de Costilla, the Rio Culebra Agruicultural Cooperative, the Costilla County Committee for Environmental Soundness (CES), The Acequia Associations and Organizations, The Costilla County Commissioners, the Town. of San Luis, and others objecting to the proposed Permit Amendment 3, DRMS Permit No. M-88-112, filed by Battle Mountain Gold on December 2007. WE do not believe that we were properly notified of this application. The Valley Courier is not our local media source. Las Comadres de San Luis were informed of this application on 2.27.08, just prior to the deadline. Because you do not hear from this community, please do not ass-u-me~-.that there is no opposition. We do not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation Board has the authority to grant Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate the property formerly known as the Shalom Ranch, now being called the Salazar Ranch. The MLRB cannot grant a change of industriallmining water to agriculture use. Nor should they be allowed to put water on land that has no water rights, I personally join the other entities from my community in contesting the assertion by Battle Mountain Gold that the West Pit water is now ofpre-mining quality. 1 am very concerned about the contamination of the farmland, which is adjacent to the Centennial School District and the residents in the State's oldest Town of San Luis. I further object to: 1. A proposal to close the water treatment facility located near the Rito Seco Creek on the Battle Mountain Gold (BMG) property. I further object to: 2, A proposal to in-igate the BMG property, formerly known as the Shalorn Ranch, now being called the Salazar Ranch; with water that should have been processed tlu-ough the water treatment plant which is currently in operation.