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CCV Mine Permit Comments <br />City of Cripple Creels <br />Jane 11, 200E <br />Page 2 <br />The City proposes that the following issues be considered by the County <br />Commissioners and their staff and forwarded to the appropriate State and <br />Federal officials so that the permitting process fully addresses the issues <br />of the citizen of Cripple Creek and Victor so that as the mine progresses <br />their final years of stopping the wealth of the this area, that at <br />closure and during the process that adequate, mitigation measures are <br />incorporabsd into °Conditions of Approval° for the expanded mining <br />permit, that benefit all, esp ► those citizens of Cripple Creek that are <br />POINT ONE — CRIPPLE CREEK 1S A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK <br />The City of Cripple Creek is a part of the National Historic Landmarks <br />Program, which focuses on properties that are of exceptional value to the <br />nation as a whale. This program recognizes and promotes the <br />preservation efforts of Federal, State and local agencies, as well as private <br />organizations. <br />Cripple Creek has lust completed the Pikes Peak Heritage Center at a cost <br />of over 4 MiM1on Dollars, this project was assisted by the grant of 16 acres <br />of land from CCV, however the expansion project CCV is proposing and the <br />mitigation through ultimate reclamation, will destroy the current °View <br />Shed° with a Reclamation Plan that is currently unacceptable to the <br />dtkens of Cripple Creek and the Cou ne9 elected to support their citizens <br />concerns. <br />Cripple Creek believes this expansion project is a significant project that <br />should have the attention of the °Advisory Coundr on Historic <br />Preservation, as Section 9 of the Mining in the National Parks Act of 1976 <br />(90 Strat.134216 U.S.C. 1990) directs the Secretary of the interior to submit <br />to the Advisory Council a report on any surface mining activity which the <br />Secretary hes determined may destroy a National Historic Landmark in <br />whob or in part and to request measures nnitlgabs or abets such Council's advice on alternative <br />County as the lead , The City requests that the <br />agency on this project properly make the Advisory <br />Council aware of this project and the Impact associated with it <br />1 $ N OT WORKING <br />