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RECEIVED <br />MAR 10 2008 <br />Division of Reclamation, rf <br />Mining and Safety <br />?2 <br />March 3, 2008 <br />Wallace Erickson, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />701 Camino del Rio, Roorn 31.5, <br />Dul Ingo, Co 81301 ? s <br />Phone (970) 247-5469 and FAX number (970) 247-51.04. <br />Ronald W. Cattany, Director v y ?a n ? e?"? <br />Colorado i)ivisicn of Reclamation Minim & Safet Luis <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 21.5 'J <br />Denver, CO 80203 M-110°8' it <br />Doa.r Mr. Erickson and Mr. Cattany and others Whom. Concern: <br />This letter constitutes notice that many entities ati.d individuals in Southern Costilla. County, incl.udinn <br />Las Conz.aiire.T de San Lois ): el Co19.ilC7.f,Ip ile Cn.stllln, the .Rio Culebra Ag Cti? Mural Co Pe", the <br />Costilla County Committee .for Environmental Soundness (CBS), The uq <br />Organizations, The Costilla. County Comrmssi.oners, the Town of San Luis, and others objecting to <br />the proposed Permit Amendment 3, DBMS 'Pemiit. No. M-88-11.2, filed by Battle Mountain Gold on <br />Dccernber 2007• <br />WE, do not believe that we were properly notified. of tlai.s application.. The Valley Courier is not our <br />local media. 50ffoc. Las Com adzes ode, SCAT Luis were informed: of this application on 2.27.08, just <br />prior to the deadline. Because you do i.iot heats :from this coii-imun.ity, plcasc do .not --ass-a-nie- that <br />there is no opposition. <br />We do not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation Board has th.c authority to grant Battle M:oun.taio <br />CUnlcl water riZ7 its to irrigatc the property :formerly known as the Shalom Ranch, now being cail.ccl the <br />Salazar Ranch. The MLRB ca.nnat grant a change ot: ind.ustrial/mining water to agriculture use. Nol, <br />should Maley he a.IIowed to put water on land that has no water ri hts. <br />1 personally join the other entities :from iiy co]T munity in contesting the assertion by Battle <br />Mountain Gold that. the West Fit water is now of pre-n1.ining quality. i am very concerncd about the <br />contamina.timi of the farmland, which is adia.eent to the Ccntennia.l School Distract and the residents <br />in the State's oldest Town of San Luis. <br />I further object to; <br />1 , A proposal to close the water treatment iacil.i.ty located near the Rito Seco Crecl< Oil the Battle <br />Mountain Gold (BM.G) propel-ty, <br />I furtlher object to; <br />2. A proposal to irrigate the BM.G property, fonrcrly known a.-, th.e Shalom R.a:nch, now being <br />called the Salazar Ranch; with. water that should. have been processed th7ough the water <br />treatment plant which is currently in operation.