2008-06-18_REVISION - M1980244 (5)

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CCV Mine Permit Comments City of Cripple Cnxk June 11, 2008 Page 2 The City proposes that the following issues be considered by the County Commissioners and their staff and forwarded to the appropriate State and Federal officials so that the permitting process fully addresses the issues of the citizens of Cripple Creek and Victor so that as the mine progresses through their final years of shipping the wealth of the this area, that at closure and during the process that adequate mitigation measures are incorporated into "Comore of Approval" for the expanded mining permit, that benefit ale, especady those citizens of Cripple Creek that are most affected. POINT ONE — CRIPPLE CREEK IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK The City of Cripple Creek is a put of the National Historic Landmarks Program, width focuses on properties that are of exceptional value to the nation as a whole. This program recognizes and promotes the preservation efforts of Federal, State and local agencies, as well as private Cripple Creek has Just completed the Pikes Peak Heritage Center at a cost of over 4 'Mon Dollars, this project was assisted by the grant of 16 acres of land from CCV, however the expansion project CCV is proposing and the mitigation through ultimate reclamation, will destroy the current "View Shed" with a Reclamation Plan that is currently unacceptable to the clams of Cripple Creek and the Council elected to support their citizens concerns. Cripple Creek believes this expansion project is a significant project that should have the attention ado "Advisory Council" on Historic Preservation, as Section 9 of the Mining In the National Parks Act of 1976 (90 Shat 1342 U.S.C. 1990) directs the Secretary of the interior to submit to the Advisory Council a report on any surface mining activity which the Secrepry hes determined may destroy a National Historic Landmark in whole or in part and to request to advisory Council's advice on ahernative measures to mitigate or abate such activity. The City requests that the County as the lead agency on this project properly make the Advisory CornrcN awe s of this project and the impacts associated with It POINT TWO - " CLAMATION TO DATE IS NOT • RKING