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WESTERN MINING ACTION PROJECT <br />Roger ! 1.1717 n, E-ni" <br />Jc?fjC. Parcons, Fsq. <br />P.O. Box 349 <br />440 Main Street, Suite 2 <br />Lyons, CO 80540 <br />(343) 923-5739 <br />Fax (303) 823-5732 <br />vm,,. rcci':iac.org <br />Via Facsimile (303-832-8106), email (herhan.keffelew cr?state,:cc,,;us), and hard copy via U.S. Mail first class <br />June 17, 2008 <br />Mr. Berhan Keffclcw <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />131.3 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Comments on CC&V Amendment 9 application (Permit # M-1980-244) <br />Thank you for the opportunity to present these cornments to the Division of Reclamation <br />Mining and Safety ("DRMS") on the application submitted by Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining <br />Company ("CC&V") for a revision to the existing Mined Land Reclamation Permit M-1980-244 for <br />the Cresson Project. These comments are submitted, through the undersigned, by Citizens for <br />Victor, Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club, and INFORM (collectively "commenters'). <br />The undcrsiV,cd commenters regret the short amount of time ava.ilablc to rcvicw and <br />comment on this complex and technically detailed proposal. In fact, the documents were 'not <br />scanned in and mnrle available to the public in any electronic fonr until after May 23, 2009, a full <br />month after the same was received by the Division. While commenters appreciate the fact that <br />physical hard copies of the multi-thousand page application were available in Teller County and at <br />the DRMS office in Denver, the lack of any timely electronic copy, particularly in this digital <br />business age, has greatly handicapped and in a large respect deprived the ability of the public to <br />effectively understand and comment on this application- In light of this circumstance, commenters <br />request that the DRMS accept future comments on this application as an understanding of the <br />proposal clcvulups. To thib cud, t;vm l tmteIs would welcome ally oppowtualLy to moot WlLll Llic <br />Division staff and/or CC&V representatives, in combination or independently, to review the <br />technical. aspects of the application to better understand the proposal and hopefully to alleviate <br />concerns raised in this coxnm,ent letter. <br />Regardless, bulleted below are concerns commenters have identified with the proposed <br />application. <br />• The application does not demonstrate that the current or proposed point(s) of compliance for <br />purposes of compliance with groundwater quality standards i5 protective of public health or <br />the environment.