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<br />Since first commenting on AM-06 in July of last summer, the District, Authority, Eagle <br />Park Reservoir Company and Clinton Reservoir Company have been clear and consistent in their <br />position that the proposed changes to the Climax mine permit amendment must protect the water <br />quality and quantity of both reservoir facilities. At the direction of the Division, these Objectors <br />attempted to negotiate an acceptable resolution of their concerns directly with Climax. Those <br />efforts involved many meetings over many months, and included experts and the exchange of <br />many draft proposed agreements. Unfortunately, no acceptable protection for water quality and <br />water quantity was secured. Division staff never requested or even remotely suggested that the <br />Objectors should provide staff with more detailed information about their concerns. Indeed, the <br />Objectors' full range of concerns cannot be known until the revised environmental protection <br />plan and water monitoring plan are developed and shared. Staffs request for more detailed <br />information on the nature of the Objectors' concerns in the absence of those documents further <br />illustrates how the cart has been placed before the horse in this process. To the extent they are <br />known at this time, many of the Objectors' more detailed concerns have been shared with <br />Division staff and are summarized above and in the exhibits that have been provided to the <br />Division and the Board. Objectors are prepared to present their full list of serious concerns at the <br />Board hearing scheduled for April 13 and 14. <br />Respectfully submitted this 31 st day of March, 2011. <br />PORZAK BROWNING & BUSHONG LLP <br />,4- ? 1, X ? ?/ <br />Glenn E. Porzak <br />P. Fritz Holleman <br />William Wombacher <br />Attorneys for the Eagle River Water and Sanitation <br />District, Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, <br />Eagle Park Reservoir Company and Clinton Ditch <br />and Reservoir Company <br />cc: Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, board of directors <br />Eagle Park Reservoir Company, board of directors <br />Clinton Ditch and Reservoir Company, board of directors <br />Brian Nazarenus, attorney for the Climax Molybdenum Company <br />44005 <br />7