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FROM ORALS PSMtzR ? FAX NO. :7196723152 )Mar. 03 23308 05:37PM P4 <br />? <br />MAR l o 2os <br />March 3, 2008 Division of kedamation Y <br />Mining and ? <br />?. <br />Safat <br />,., <br />?,. <br />Wallace Erickson, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />ci, =-, <br />701 Camino del Rio, Room 315,. <br />Durango, CO 81301. <br />Phone (970) 247-5469 and PAX number (970) 247-5104. .F -t ?,(-o-? <br />pb j eG to,, O <br />Ronald W. Cattany, Director 5a G v f .. P/ of <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 M'tq gg, I l Z <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Erickson, and.Mr, Caitany and others Whom Concern: <br />This letter constitutes notice that many entities and individuals in Southern Costilla <br />County, including l. ,as Coina,lb es de Saar Luis y el Condaclo de Costilla, the Rio Culebra <br />Agruicultural Cooperative; the Costilla County Committee for Environmental Soundness <br />(CES), The Acequia Associations and Organizations, The Costill.a County <br />Commissioners, the Town of San Luis, and others objecting to'the proposed Permit . <br />Amendment 3, DBMS Permit No. M-88-112, filed by Battle Mountain Gold on <br />December 2007. <br />WE do not believe that we were properly notified of this application. The Valley Courier <br />is not our local media source. '.Las (.bmadres de San Luis w: ere informed of this <br />application on 2.27.08, just prior to the deadline. Because you do not hear from this <br />community, please do noti Mass-u-me--- that there is no opposition. <br />We do not believe that the Mined Land Reclamation Boaxd has the authority to grant <br />Battle Mountain Gold water rights to irrigate the property, formerly known as the Shalom <br />branch, now being called the Salazar' Ranch. The NM cannot grant a change of <br />industrial/mining water to agriculture use. Nor should they be allowed to put water on <br />land that has no water rights. <br />I personally join the other entities from my cornfiiuxaity in contesting the assertion <br />by Battle Mountain Gold that the West Pit water is now of. pre-mining quality. I am very. <br />concerned about the contamination of the farmland, which is, adjacent to the Centennial <br />School District and the residents in the State's oldest Town of San Luis. <br />1 further object to: <br />L A proposal to close the water treatment facility located near the ltito Seco Creek <br />on the Battle Mountain Gold (BMG) property.