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C. Brian Haddix
Clerk of the Board
Board of Supervisors
County of Butte
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, CA 95965
BUTTECOUNTY
ADMINISTRATION
MAY 19 2008 "
-)ROVILLE. CALIFORMA
NOTICE OF APPEAL
RE: Planning Commission Decision on New Era Mining and Reclamation Permit 81-135
Dear Mr. Haddix,
This is a notice of appeal to the Butte County" Board of Supervisors regarding Butte County Planning
Commission Resolution No. 08-24.
of Resolution No. 08-24 is a misstatement.
1. The fifth WHEREAS on, page one
In actuality, the Planning Commissioners resolved in the March 13 f 20 Cubic pril Oards refers to discussion gross em �
® page 10, that the Mining and Reclamation Permit'81-135 limitation o y
total volume, that'is native material—grass, rocks, dirt, not a concentrated final volume.
2. The sixth WHEREAS on page one of Resolution No. 08-24 is a misstatement.
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In actuality, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) became aware nto DDS to the potent '
ask ask about his permit
renewed mining activity when, In late winter 2007 Ron Logan came
status. In late May 2007, DDS became aware of renewed activity when area residents came into DDS, to.
alert DDS to not just renewed activity, but extensive graded lands cleared of vegetation. Throughout the
summer of 2007 there were phone calls to DDS about the unusual and extensive mining activity and
turbidity in the creek. -These dates come from a log of Recent Events and Current Compliance Process
prepared by DDS for a meeting in late winter 2008 with Dry Creek Canyon residents.
The date is, important because had DDS been proactive in dealing with the renewed mining activity, it is
esented with an
likely there would have been An earlier realization that the mine operators
wereintend ngd been ran much
interpretation of Logan's permit that was unreal and that the ope rha s the scale of the
greater than that permitted by Mining and Reclamation Permit 81-135. And, pe p ,
operation could have been better managed.
Thank you,
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Lucy Cooke
3657 Dry Creek Rd.
Oroville, CA 95965 56
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