Coeur Alaska

Letter from Karen Wardzinski to Jon Kessler

LAW OFFICES FREEDMAN, LEVY, KROLL & SIMONDS WASHINGTON SQUARE- 1050 CONNECTICUT AVE.,N. W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036-5366 (202) 457-5100

KAREN M.WARDZINSKI CABLE "ATTORNEYS"
(202) 457-5118 TELECOPI ER: 202-457-5151

BY HAND DELIVERY

July 13, 1995
Jon Kessler
XL Director
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
USEPA
West Tower 1013
Mail Code 2111
40l M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Re: Coeur Alaska, Inc.'s Proposal
for a Facility Based XL Project

Dear John:

Enclosed for your consideration is a copy of Coeur Alaska, Inc.'s (Coeur) proposal for a facility based XL project for its Kensington gold mine project located near Juneau, Alaska. We appreciate this opportunity to work with EPA to develop a more sensible and flexible approach to environmental regulation. We helve carefully examined the criteria established for the XL project and are convinced that Coeur's proposal fully satisfies EPA's goals for this new program. We urge EPA to approve Coeur's proposal as one of its first pilot projects under this new program.

As noted in the cover letter to our submission, Coeur has discussed its proposal with numerous constituencies with an interest in the Kensington project, including native tribal corporations, The City and Borough of Juneau, relevant state and federal agencies, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, and USEPA Region X officials. Coeur is submitting a formal copy of its proposal to each of these groups at the same time it is submitting this to the EPA XL Docket. Based on its preliminary discussion with these groups, Coeur expects broad support for its proposal.

I appreciate your taking the time to discuss this proposal and the XL program with me. Should you have any questions about Coeur's submission once you and your staff have had an opportunity to review it, please do not hesitate to call me at 202-457-5118.
Very truly yours,

Karen M. Wardzinski

Encl.

cc: William F. Boyd
Robert T. Richins

Coeur Alaska

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