2010-10-26_REVISION - C1981008 (8)

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10/26/2010 09:20 9708642146 NUCLA COUNTRY COOP PAGE 07/07 17 To the Board Members 4'", %XO ?,''• Division of Reclamation, Miuuxg, and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 _c October 23, 2010 Dear Members of the Board: We are objecting to the ap royal of PR-06 which greatly affecLs us and our property. I am blind and cannot' see, read, nor "te. Although, we have been instructed that we are not allowed to object. After discussions with attorneys, if what they are asIdng us not to object to violates any laws then the contract is not lel, at least that statement. The Rules and Regulations governing surface coal mini- allows any person to object. PR-06 violates rules and regulations that were designed to protect the laud and the landowner. Irreparable damages have been done to our property and to us. We cmum auLzpt PR-06 and ask that it be withdrawn and a proper Permit Revision go 'ng our property be made right. We led our property to Western Fuels and they had ti bought our coal at what they claimed the going rate vmm, our soils were to be stockpiled or put back on my propej sell anything else nor did we give them permission to an valuable mineral. This mineral isof COMN EXCIAL v: 190,000 tons that they stole cannot be replaced or subcti those soils. We are not accepting their solution of steali prime soil depths of up to 72 inches to other portions of They are suppose to salvage ALL topsoll and our Barx i1 with a substitute. They salvaged it, theft stole it. Wben Lancc Wade the Mime manager stated that this is a co;<inn those who don't, take. right to ONE mineral, Coal. They and they were to mine the coax and all of y. We sold the coal to them, we did not thing else. Cur prime soils are a very ue and for the approximate 'amount of ;<ted without Western Fuels paying for g more of our soils and moving our ur.property to cover up their theft. a prime soil and cannot be replaced re asked their to stop, they refused. unist state and those who have, give, We cannot grow corn under their plain and methods of ix returned to furrow irrigating as they propose, and we are irrigating with FLOOD as they propose. We will not ae suggested a center, pivot which will save them a lot of in com under a siderolI and we brave not flood irrigated thi: documentation you will see that even in 1960, this was f uannot be Junu under their plan because of the way they longer work. 1. an the.largest stock holder of the CCC ditch and have PWd-Vow `historically irrigated and cropped by me for 5 hisy irrigated and cropped. We ate not going to , someone is ,going to pay for the Barx soils that were sto, Division to enforce their Rules and Regulations and WI igation. This place can never be not going to a more intense-method of ept less than what we had. We have iney in the long run. We cannot grow place for 39 years and if you look at the crowed and gated pipe. This, however, )ut it back, furrow irrigating will no een long before they were here. This yea:a and prier to that it was also :eept less than what we have and a from this place. It was up to the needs to pay for those soils removed.