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<br />.• <br /> <br />• ~II ~I~II~~I~~~~~~I~ <br />sss <br />L~ ~,~ , ., <br />April 3,2001 `' i'' ; °' ~ - ~ ~•.:: ~: `; ~'Y Received <br />:`;`....: M -zoos-ao~ <br />Mr. Wallace Erickson ~s I ~.: L~„_~ P A~~ <br />Division of Mining and Geology ° <br />701 Camino Del Rio p~~y~goFeldOttice <br />Durango, CO 81301 Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Subject: Public Comment on Applicant's Amendent <br />to Line Camp Pit Application, M-2001-001. <br />Dear Mr. Erickson: <br />1) On page 24 of the amendent the applicant <br />states that the the Dolores River will not receive <br />surface drainage directly from the affected area <br />once initial stripping has been done. This implies <br />that during the stripping stages of operation, water <br />discharged to the Dolores will not first go to a <br />settling basin to remove sediment. Clarification is <br />required from the applicant on how and where this <br />discharge water will be treated. <br />2) The applicant's statement on wetland impacts <br />on page 27-D of the amendent addresses only <br />wetlands within the pit and buffer zone boundaries <br />and wetlands within 500ft of the boundary. There <br />are wetlands beyond this point on private property <br />to the south that are estimated to be approximately <br />1000ft from the boundary which could be dried up <br />since the the applicant's own calculations on water <br />table drawdown at that distance is almost two feet <br />No evaluation of river recharging of these wetlands <br />to my knowledge has been made. <br />