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June 9, 2014 <br />Eddie Kochman, Chair <br />Park County Advisory Board <br />on the Environment <br />Via Email: eddiekochmangAol. corn <br />cc: teisenmannparkco.us <br />Re: Sandborn Sand & Gravel - Permit No. M-84-094 <br />Golden Cross Aggregates, Inc. <br />Black Cross Trucking, Inc. <br />Townsend Excavating <br />Dear Mr. Kochman: <br />I am writing this letter as a homeowner in the Beaver Ridge development in Park County. The <br />above information was on the sign located at the Sandborn Sand & Gravel Pit located on Hwy 9 <br />north of Fairplay. Several months ago, my neighbors, my husband and I noticed the Sandborn <br />Gravel Quarry had moved its location from near Fairplay, north on Highway 9 directly across <br />from our subdivision. The quarry operates from 8:00 a.m. (sometimes earlier) to 5:30 p.m. <br />seven days a week which, of course, includes Saturdays and Sundays. We no longer can enjoy <br />the peace and quiet that we moved to the mountains for, cannot enjoy sitting on our decks, or <br />sleeping past 8 a.m. on any day of the week. All we hear is the constant loud noise of the diesel <br />truck and pump engines, the dropping of loads of rocks and the crushing of rocks. This is on a <br />constant basis, with no let up, every single day. The noise, dust and diesel fumes we have had to <br />endure is unacceptable and our quality of life has been direly affected. <br />In addition to the impact of the noise on the environment, after doing some research, it has come <br />to our attention that other communities who have had gravel pits move adjacent to their homes <br />have incurred health issues, as well as the obvious devaluation of their property values. In one <br />such community in New Mexico, an article was written on the effects of gravel mining upon its <br />rural community and it was stated, in part, that ......."there is a health danger of breathing in dust <br />containing suspended particulates of sulfur compounds, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and <br />volatile organic compounds which, according to the American Lung Association, causes <br />asthmatic conditions of wheezing, coughing, respiratory irritation and can trigger heart attacks, <br />cardiac arrthythmia and even death." Another article written about a mine in Montrose, CO, <br />states "...crystalline silica dust from pit and quarry activities that will blow off site ..... is a <br />known carcinogenic and can kill you ..... Larger particles can stay in the air for minutes to hours <br />and travel as little as a hundred yards or as much as 30 miles ... the smaller particles can stay in <br />the air for days or weeks and travel many hundreds of miles." <br />We are requesting that the operation of this gravel quarry be investigated as to the following: <br />When was this gravel pit last inspected? <br />