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March 3, 2008 <br />Wallace Erickson, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />701 Camino del Rio, Room 315, <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />Phone (970) 247-5469 and FAX number (970} 247-5104. <br />~onald W. Cattany, Director <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />__ _ __ _ _ Dear Mr. Erickson and Mr._Cattany and others Whom Concern: T ~ _ _ __, _ ~ __ . _ _ <br />This letter constitutes notice that many entities and individuals in Southern Costilla <br />County, including Las Comaah~es de San Luis y el Condado de Costilla, the Rio Culebra <br />Agruicultural Cooperative, the Costilla County Committee for Environmental Soundness <br />(CES), The Acequia Associations and Organizations, The Costilla County <br />Commissioners, the Town of San Luis, and others objecting to the proposed Permit <br />Amendment 3, DRMS Permit No. M-88-112, filed by Battle Mountain Gold on <br />December 2007. <br />WE do not believe that we were properly notified of this application. The Valley Courier <br />is not our local media source. Las Comadres de San LZris were informed of this <br />application on 2.27.08, just prior to the deadline. Because you do not hear from this <br />community, please do not ass-u-me~ that there is no opposition. <br />We do not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation Board has the authority to grant <br />Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate the property formerly known as the Shalom <br />Ranch, now being called the Salazar Ranch. The MLRB cannot grant a change of <br />industrial/mining water to agriculture use. Nor should they be allowed to put water on <br />land that has no water rights. <br />I personally join the other entities from my community in contesting the assertion <br />by Battle Mountain Gold that the West Pit water is now ofpre-mining quality. I am very <br />concerned about the contamination of the farmland, which is adjacent to the Centennial <br />School District and the residents in the State's oldest Town of San Luis. <br />I further object to: <br />1. A proposal to close the water treatment facility located near the Rito Seco Creek <br />on the Battle Mountain Gold (BMG) property. <br />