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. <br /> Re: Transit Mix Concrete Mining permit application#M2016010 <br /> Victoria Spengler Wekamp <br /> 3085 Little Turkey Creek Rd. <br /> Colorado Springs, CO 80926 Rate/Vet)®''��ft) <br /> April 18, 2016 <br /> APR <br /> 9 2016 <br /> Mr. Erickson DIV/SON OF RE <br /> MINfNGAND �4N <br /> Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br /> ry <br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Re: Transit Mix Concrete Mining Application Permit#M2016010 <br /> Dear Mr. Erickson: <br /> I have spent my entire life as a Colorado resident, born and raised here. My husband <br /> moved here at the age of eight. We have spent our entire work careers in Colorado and <br /> specifically working nearly 40 years in El Paso County. I was diagnosed with COPD some years <br /> ago and found that breathing in a city environment was becoming more and more difficult for <br /> me. I constantly struggled with pneumonia and bronchitis. My doctor advised that I move out of <br /> the city. Therefore, my husband and I chose to move to Little Turkey Creek Road in 2012. Since <br /> that time, my breathing has improved dramatically as a direct result of living in an area free of <br /> air pollution and damaging particulates. We have worked our entire lives to be able to retire in a <br /> remote, pollution-free area. Not just free of air pollution, but also free of noise and light <br /> pollution. <br /> The silica dust and other mineral dust that would result from the proposed Transmit Mix <br /> Quarry would put my health and well-being into jeopardy. We believe, given examples from <br /> other similar situations,that our property values would be negatively impacted. We simply don't <br /> have the resources to absorb the projected loss in our home's value if we sold our property and <br /> relocated. Staying would not be an option, as I cannot live in an area with silica and other <br /> mineral particulates in the air. We would like the opportunity to provide documentation to that <br /> end to the board at the hearing. <br /> Additionally,we did not retire to a beautiful and expensive wooded area to live with dust, <br /> explosions, and the destruction of natural beauty. Transit Mix has historically not been a good <br /> neighbor in the areas of the Quarries it currently operates. They have left horrendous scars on the <br /> front range that will take hundreds of areas to recover, and have faced numerous lawsuits for <br />