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FROM <br />RECEIVED <br />MAR 10 2008 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />CMON)MAR '3 2008 12:44/ST.12:43/No.7600000014 P 2 <br />;'C <br />MAR D 3 2008 <br />Dt C; Sere _ rstac _ula A-,s -oc - -at'on_ <br />otr;c'. <br />C'a <br />? f?"on, <br />Nl ning and S <br />e-mail: <br />Date: March 3, 2oo8 <br />PO Box 721 <br />San Luis, CO 81152 <br />719/672-3005 <br />coacequia (aQ centurytel. net <br />Ob,eG-fz AA-03v <br />Ronald W. Cattany, Director <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />ip3 Sherman Street, Room zi5. <br />Denver, CO. 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Cattany, <br />San Lvis fr-Oje-c-T <br />M- l9 89 - " Z-- <br />The Land Rights Council, Inc. (LRC, Inc.) objects to the proposed Permit Amendment 3, <br />DBMS Permit No. M-88-112, filed by Battle Mountain Gold on December 2007. <br />The Land Rights Council, Inc. does not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation ha the <br />authority to grant Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate the property formerly <br />known as the Shalom Ranch, present Salazar Ranch. The MLRB cannot grant a change <br />of industrial/mining water to agricultural use. <br />The Land Rights Council contests the assertion by Battle Mountain Gold that the west pit <br />water is now of pre-mining quality. LRC fears contamination of the farmland, which is <br />adjacent to the school and the town of San Luis. <br />Further, the Land Rights Council objects to: <br />1. A proposal to close the water treatment facility located near the Rito Seco <br />Creek on the Battle Mountain Gold (BMG) property. <br />2. A proposal to irrigate the BMG property, formerly known as Shalom Ranch, <br />with water that should have been processed through the water treatment plant <br />which is currently in operation. <br />3. Any proposed changes that may be harmful to or negatively impact the <br />citizens of Costilla County, especially the town of San Luis. <br />The Land Rights Council protests that the San Luis community did not receive adequate <br />notice about the proposed amendment, as DRMI did not publish the notice in our local <br />newspaper, La Sierra and the Free Press, which would reach approximately 500 readers.