Laserfiche WebLink
Phillip K. Heacock <br /> 15930 Cala Rojo Dr. RECEIVED <br /> Colorado Springs, CO 80926 <br /> APR 0 4 2016 <br /> DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety MINING AND SAFEW <br /> 1313 Sherman St, Room 215 <br /> Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> Re: Transit Mix Concrete Company application for Reclamation Permit, <br /> Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry (#M2016010) <br /> Dear Sir or Madam, <br /> I am writing to express my vehement objection to the permit request filed <br /> by Transit Mix Concrete in the above matter. I live in the Pinons of Turkey <br /> Canon Ranch, just South of the proposed Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry area. <br /> I, along with all of my neighbors in the Pinons, am opposed to bringing yet <br /> another large scale aggregate mining operation to our community! This <br /> operation would be in addition to the three quarries already in service along <br /> Highway 115. There are significant considerations to this application that <br /> must be studied. First, there are limited water supplies supplying our <br /> water. The mining operation would undoubtedly affect these. The ground <br /> water system is fragile by its very nature and additional disturbance is <br /> unacceptable. The additional traffic that this operation would bring would <br /> have the effect of choking the already busy traffic the Hwy 115 corridor is <br /> now handling. In one week in February this year, I received two major rock <br /> impacts to my windshield from aggregate trucks, either of which would <br /> have required replacement. <br /> There is little doubt that an operation of this magnitude would have a <br /> deleterious effect on the property values of our pristine countryside homes. <br /> We have chosen to buy houses here because of the serenity of the area <br /> and the quiet that obtains from the surroundings. <br />