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due to blasting, etc. <br /> • Currently there are three existing quarries within an 8 mile radius; these quarries are <br /> currently operating at half their capacity.A better plan; and a plan that would have less <br /> impact to the community and surrounding area would be to expand the existing quarries. <br /> This would also be consistent with our Master Plan—Southwestern/Highway 115 <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> • Wildlife, wildlife habitats, wildlife migratory paths and biodiversity will be lost. An <br /> environmental study needs to be completed, rather than take the word of the applicant, <br /> that <br /> there are no endangered species located on the land or nearby lands.The proposed quarry <br /> site could be in violation of the Federal and State Endangered Species Act.The Mexican <br /> Spotted Owl, "Strix occidentalis lucida", is State and federally threatened, and has been <br /> identified in the Southwestern/Highway 115 Corridor. <br /> • Moving dirt and extracting rock from the ground alters the flow of water runoff.The <br /> abutting neighborhoods depend strictly on well water supplies for all their water needs. <br /> There is potential for well contamination and/or damage, or complete loss from nearby <br /> blasting, contamination from blowing dust, and water runoff. Additionally, the heavy <br /> equipment necessary for quarrying, and that uses gasoline, diesel,oil and transmission <br /> fluids; can potentially leak these fluids. Small amounts to larger spills can contaminate 100' <br /> to 1000's of gallons of groundwater. Quarrying requires heavy equipment, blasting, drilling, <br /> earthmoving, all of which create noise and dust, and, would certainly diminish the quality of <br /> life and wellbeing of the adjacent landowners and surrounding area.Southwestern/Highway <br /> 115 Corridor's unparalleled natural beauty will be compromised and the landscape densely <br /> populated with quarries and their side effects.The 115 Southwestern Highway area is <br /> currently taxed by the activities and traffic associated with Fort Carson, Cheyenne Mountain <br /> State Park, RV Parks, and privately owned parks opened to the public,within the <br /> surrounding area. Protection of the land, environment, and public health, safety, and <br /> wellbeing is consistent with my constitutional rights. In alliance with the "Highway 115 <br /> Citizen's Advisory Committee",the citizens, and the fellow neighborhoods along the <br /> corridor, I am opposed to the quarry development. <br /> Lastly, there is significant noise pollution from the existing high volume of trucks.The <br /> estimated increaase of 400 trucks per day means 800 trips in both directions if each truck <br /> only makes one trip per day. It is rarely quiet in this area due to the truck traffic and as a <br /> result I am considering moving. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Scott Samson <br /> 11525 Calle Corvo <br /> Colorado Springs CO 80926 <br /> 2 <br />