Save The Arkansas River - Petition

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President Bush,

Governor Ritter,

We the undersigned, as citizens of the United States of America, do hereby demand that the Federal government create an immediate and permanent solution to the problem faced by the people of Lake County, Colorado, and the Arkansas River basin, created by the backup of over 1 billion gallons of contaminated, heavy metal-laden water in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicates "that an uncontrolled, potentially-catastrophic release of water to the Arkansas River from the LMDT is likely at some point. Not only endangering human life (people living at the East Fork Trailer Park and BOR employees), the sudden release of water, rock, sediment, and heavy metals to the Arkansas River would be an environmental disaster."

We can no longer allow the inaction of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to threaten our environment. Governor Ritter and President Bush, this is happening on your watch, this is where authentic stewards of our environment take action.

We demand bold and decisive action to avert a potential environmental disaster. We expect you to see to it that our government agencies take immediate action to create a permanent solution to this situation by dewatering and treating the water from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel and repairing it so we don’t face this problem again.

We are faced with what could potentially be one of the most catastrophic environmental events in the history of the American West. History will judge your behavior.

Governor Ritter, President Bush, the time for talk and the time for study is over, it is time for you to act.

Number of signatures: 434 Number of pages: 44
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Petition signed by Comments:
Name: Jessica Smith
From: Canon City, Colorado
E-mail: (private) 		For love of the river.
 
Signed: February 5, 2010 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
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Name: Lewis Persons
From: Spokane,WA
E-mail: (private) 		Teton Dam disaster with toxic, heavy metals waste? Fix this before that sentence becomes a headline.
 
Signed: August 20, 2009 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
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Name: Sharman Petri
From: Houston, TX
E-mail: (private) 		We've got to have clean water and preservation of our environment.
 
Signed: June 24, 2009 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
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Name: Runarana
From: Runarana
Website: http://runarana.20six.fr
E-mail: (private) 		Good site! Good anti-spam protection of guestbook! Keep it up!
 
Signed: December 22, 2008 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
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Name: Maximiliansabrina
From: Maximiliansabrina
Website: http://maximiliansabrina.myblog.de
E-mail: (private) 		Very good, I was so suprised when I came upon this site. I would love to find a chat for installers to help and give opinions and compare prices in differant areas Thank you and keep up the good work
 
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Name: Svenella
From: Svenella
Website: http://svenella.myblog.de
E-mail: (private) 		really enjoyed the site even learnt a few things on the way, keep up the good work.
 
Signed: December 22, 2008 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
Petition signed by Comments:
Name: Andrew Bannister
 Please help save our valley.
 
Signed: December 19, 2008 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
Petition signed by Comments:
Name: Kristin Brown
From: Canon City, CO
E-mail: (private) 		Hope it's not too late.
 
Signed: December 19, 2008 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  
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Name: Augustalice
From: Augustalice
Website: http://augustalice.myblog.de
E-mail: (private) 		I just visited your site...its abosolutely wonderful... Best of luck to you! You must have some great inspiration in your life. Take care
 
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Name: Syverlilly
From: Syverlilly
Website: http://syverlilly.myblog.es
E-mail: (private) 		I like your website alot...its lots of fun...
 
Signed: December 19, 2008 Delete this entry  Reply to entry  View IP address  

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