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FROM :JUICEPLUS FAX NO. :7196876495 Jan. 01 2002 12:01RM P1 <br />March 29, 2016 <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safaty <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Transit Mix Concrete Company application for Roclamation Permit, Ditch Rack. Ranch Quarry (# <br />M2016010) <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />I am writing to express my opposition to the referenced quarry permit application. I live in the <br />Pinons of Turkey Ca&m Ranch, just south of the proposed Flitch Racy Ranch Quarry operation - <br />we, along with all my neighbors within the Piflons area, are opposed to bringing yet another large-scale <br />aggregate mining operation to our comnnunity, in addition to the three quarries already in service along a <br />five mile stretch of Highway 115. <br />I seriously doubt you've taken into account all the ramifications that this additional quarry will <br />impose on this area. This has been in the makings for years and just now bring it to the people`??7 Seems <br />more money driven than anything elsei <br />Significant constraints to additional quarry development exist in the area, include but not limited to: <br />1. Limited water supplies (most of us depend on ground water for our domestic water supply) <br />2. A fragile groundwater system <br />3. Rich wildlife and vegetation resources (where can we find your completed study on this topic??) <br />Public health and safety <br />5. Air comtainination for those with lung conditions or those that WILL develop a hmg condition because <br />of the silica in the dust you create. This is a health issue that will affect ALL folks as well as pets and <br />livestock. <br />6. Noise contamination <br />7- Compromised transportation within the community with even MORE traffic hazards along Highway <br />115- Existing truclo already don't follow the rules of the road and now we'll have an ADDITIONAL <br />onslaught of tniclm entering and existing in an already dangerous section of Hwy. 115 as well as loads not <br />being covered properly and spewing rocks on the highway and hitting windshields creating more <br />problems for our vehicles. Highway 115 is the lifeline upon which residents depend- It is the only <br />means of transportation into, out of, and within the community. There are no other alternatives, <br />and residents cannot avoid using Highway 115 for their life-sustaining transportation needs. <br />8- Existing quarries that satisfy the demand that are not yet rumi ng at capacity because of low deroand. <br />WHY ANOTHER ONE?? <br />9- This application is in clear violation of the current southwestern highway 115 comprehensive plan. <br />10. Proximity to local residents and limited or no alternatives for residents. The policies incorporated in <br />the El Paso County Southwestern Highway 115 Comprehensive Plan state "any resource extraction <br />operation should be located a minimum of two miles distant from any dissenting residents". The Hitch <br />Rack Ranch Quarry application is in specific violation of the following policies in this plan: <br />