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<br />By J.\\1': TESTER qu.lrI)' operation. PRIDE me m b e r 5 ha v e Although the commi~si(lncrs
<br />"FORT COLLl:\S, Colo. _:\ The company said it would: charged the county commissl(.n-!hwe said .approval isn't n~ded
<br />'county health official said here PR..\CTICf.S LISTED ers wilh a lack of interest inifrom the ('(loot)' [(If strip.min-
<br />Friday that the Martin:\larietta -Suri.ac(' <'Onlro' "haul roads" the potential harm the quarryling,.3 June l~. 1972. .Ietter to
<br />Corp. has "l"Omplied with the to control dust. might do 10 thdr properly. Icurtls Dove, Vlce preSident for
<br />exac.t letter (If the law" con. -Protect. the purity of any Bul Wolaver insi8t"d the com. operations (or :\tartin-Marie.tta
<br />c~rnl~g plans for a. controver- water leanng lh~ propeJ.1Y by nussiooe-fS can'l act under pres-I at Tulsa, Ok,la" appears t~ gIve
<br />!,;lal limestone quarry ncar Ber. the use of S{'tthng ba~ms to en! laws. Since the strip-mining the compan) a go-ahead signal.
<br />thoud, Colo. !pttle out suspended sohd~, is allowed under O-Open and Daniel Ellison, county zoning
<br />Gerald Bletun, a sanitarian _Practice immediate stabiliz- FA-I-Farming, the commission. administrator, said there may
<br />for the Larimer County Health alion of any depleteed areas or ers decid<'d the best thing Ihe\' be a lack Of understanding of
<br />Department. echoed pre\'ious complet~ fill .areas, can do is to enrore the county the Martin J\larietta operation,
<br />statements by Coumy Commis- -Reclaim dl.sturbed ~ay and gets financial assistance from He said the landowners may
<br />sioner War r e n Wolaver and pasture land with matenal from Martin Marietta in improving be "crying wolf" because the
<br />Daniel ~llison, county zoning future. work areas, . county roads in the area, Wola- company's proposed operation
<br />administrator, -~hne the Iwo pit areas In \'er said. is a quarry. whereas the opera-
<br />WhE'iher ('Qunty officials had ~by-400- foot pan~,l~ and re- He said the rount... now is ne- tion to Lyons, which has been
<br />any moral Obligation 10 inform claim the panels s:x ~onthS gotiafing a contrClct with the criticized. is a cement plant
<br />nCClrby residents of plans [or to a yt"a.r after dt"plctJon. company whereby the roun!)' The plant involves more dust
<br />tm., quarry when the)' learned of -Ml)ll1tor any water flow will build the base for the road' than a quarry, he said,
<br />the proposal last June remains from the property fo~ SUS, pend. .and Martin ~lariet1a will fur-I An aerial map of the pro-~
<br />t'" f , r 1X1 ~hds and chemica corn- .' }"'''''....
<br />a ma ,,d 0 specu a lon, . . msh the cost of the asphalt sur- quarry reveals one landowner
<br />OA\lAGE FEARED pa.'::':,",on"to d"-' ",tide sus- face. The present county road is has a hOllS(' about 900 lC'Ct [rom
<br />, om r ..~ . f h 'S b" ho
<br />Rural landownE'rs ha\'e n- pension in the air "by appropri- gra\"C . t e SitE', orne mo 1 e mE'S
<br />pressed. (ears that dllSl eSf'Clping ale instruments," Wolaver sugi;csted that rural are about 1,000 feet from the
<br />{rom the quarT}' would eontam. ~Iartin !\lariC'lta estimall'd the citizens ....00 are afraid of the quarry.
<br />mate their crops and water sup- cost of the stabilization program uses permitted under present The sile is about 1.100 feet
<br />,.plies and that he noise and vi- at betw('en $100 and $200 per loning should pcution the from the Little Thompson RIver
<br />bralion from blasting might acre for returning the topsoil. county for zoning changes be- and about 1.900 feet from the
<br />craek wells and damage irriga- seed bed preparation, fertilizer fore industry moves in, S1. "rain waler supply canal.
<br />tionstruclures. and seed.
<br />Blehm said his office [urn- Dl'ST CO:\"TROL COST
<br />1s~C'd Martin ~larietta ,\;th all The company estimated that
<br />the applications needl.'d to ful. "airborne fugitivt>; dw;1 pre\'en-
<br />rill state air pollution rontrol lion on a large, highly active
<br />regulations <lnd that the State opt'ration. would cost ahout
<br />W~te.r P?llution Control Com. $1.000 per week."
<br />mISSIOn IS also aware of the The memo didn't an!:wer some
<br />project. of the questions raised by the
<br />Blehm !:aid, "A lot of people landowners, including~
<br />don't seem to understand that -If the limestone dust ruins
<br />the- Larimer County commis- a hay crop who .....iII pay'!
<br />sioners only have charge of tht' -Will the noise and vibration
<br />roads and thE' zoning for the [rom th(> d\"l\amite bla~ts crack
<br />proposed site:' wrUs and irrigation structures?
<br />The Larimer County lIealth -will the truck traffic be a
<br />Department. as <In agf'nl of the hazMd to children .....ho are wait-
<br />St"te of Colorado, enforces the ing for school buses?
<br />air pollution control require- DlSfCSSIO.....S SOl:GHT
<br />ments. he said. The landownl'ts, who have
<br />f'l,,;LL PLA:\S SCB~nITE[) fonned an organization called
<br />Martin Marietta was required People Resisting Industry's 1)(>-
<br />to submit to the Stale HeallhI stroyrng En\'iro~E'nt (PRlDE}'l
<br />Tkparlmenl. "in \"Cry extreme h3\-" been seekmg the answe;s I
<br />detail:' cumplNe p:.m.s. ror the l!llh('~", and olhPr '1tlt'stlor1!:. So,'
<br />quarry operation inc1udin~ far. they have.been lJ!Iable to'1
<br />. emission notices, an application persuade _ Marlm Marietta ~f'--,
<br />10 construel and an application presentatl\"Cs 10 meet Wlthl
<br />lor a permit to operate." them. .
<br />The company has fiUed out TtK-y hope the Colorad? ~lr
<br />the application, and complete Pollution Control Commission
<br />details are on file with elther ~\'ill set a date for a public hear-I
<br />Jane Kiri.""Jl8trick. technical sec- mg on the matter of Maroni
<br />retary of the C<llorado Air Pot. Ma~ielta's pennit to OlX'rale. .
<br />Julion Commission, or Dr. Gt;>r- \\ola~er nas suggest<'d It
<br />aid Wood, director of the Colo- "might be a good thing for the
<br />rado Department of !i('alth.s county to require permits forl_
<br />:ait pollution control di\'i~ion. minmg operatlons,"
<br />:meti.m said. Wola\'cr said the COWlty is
<br />~':1IJ_ an undated memo, :.lartin "l~~ng into ,the subject" of re-~
<br />.M~rlc(ta outlint'd the plans and qUlrmg penmts and Olay ~et up i
<br />techniqut's to be used for sta- it "review procedure" for indus-i
<br />bHiution and r('('lama!ion of tries that create dust, noise and I'
<br />the lands to be dl~lu:"bed in 1lK" odors_.
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