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<br />II <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />- <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />floods. And it will notbe an act of God but rather of predictable, normal floods <br />combined with gravel pits. <br /> <br />For alI the reasons explained above, both I and the citizen's group CFAR (Citizens for <br />Accountability & Responsibility) are requesting that you obtain a thorough geological <br />assessment of the situation-not by the Division of Minerals & Geology which is <br />established to alIow gravel pits, but by people more objective such as the Colorado <br />Geological Survey, or a B.L.M. hydrologist such as Roy Smith in Denver, or by anybody <br />of expertise we all can trust. We request a moratorium on new excavation until our <br />safety is assured. Please help us, There are hundreds more acres of floodplain still <br />higher up the Dolores River. We can see no end to gravel pits, but o.blitheration of the <br />scenic San Juan Skyway and ever more thieat to people's lives. Gravel operators want all <br />this gravel because it is first-rate. But there are miles of gravel up on Haycamp Mesa <br />they could mine in safety with nobody to see-only they do not want the added expense <br />of washing it. We believe a small loss in profits would be a fine trade for the threatened <br />people of Dolores and for this State, <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Marilyn Boynton <br />