2017-03-29_PERMIT FILE - M2016085

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exposure aggravates and worsens asthma attacks and can react with other air particles to cause lung damage and after long term exposure organ failure. iv. Nitrogen oxide (NO, forms II, IV, 1,111), the main effect of breathing increased levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is the increased likelihood of respiratory problems. Nitrogen dioxide inflames the lining of the lungs and it can reduce immunity to lung infections, This can cause wheezing, coughing, colds and bronchitis, v. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), health effects include eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches, loss of coordination, nausea, liver, kidney and central nervous system irreparable damage, some VOCs are suspected and known to cause cancer. vi. Carbon monoxide (CO) exposure can have long term effects such as amnesia, headaches, memory loss, personality and behavioral changes, loss of bladder and muscle control, and impaired vision and coordination. Some people suffer permanent damage to organs and brain functioning. vii. Locating the Asphalt Batch Plant in the South Platte flood plain South Cell will with atmospheric inversions in the valley create a toxic ground level breathing condition. viii. The mixing, firing, loading operations and trucking circulation patterns throughout the mine and around the Asphalt Batch Plant Area will cause an unhealthy air quality that mixes with fugitive emissions and fugitive dust creating a toxic air quality blowing on the downwind property owners ix. Off road #2 diesel equipment or high Sulfur (502) fuels will be used in the mine by excavators, frontend loaders, heavy haul trucks, and diesel water pumping equipment and will create an unacceptable 25 year emission and consequential lung damage for this adjacent landowners. B. Objection to Concrete Batch Plant Area; 1. The health effects of exposure to pulverized limestone or limestone dust is eyes, skin, and acute lung irritation, chronic: coughing and persistent breathing problems. ii. The location of the concrete batch plant is directly north by northwest the prevailing direction of the winds twords the adjacent landowners. iii. The internal truck traffic circulation patterns will mobilize a fugitive dust of limestone and fine sands causing an unhealthy condition for the land owners downwind of the concrete batch plant. iv. The Concrete Batch Plant creates a toxic environmental condition for the downwind residents with proven sickening consequences. Recommendation: The hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) produced by the Applicants Asphalt / Concrete Batch Plant Area operations are unacceptable and objectionable. The Applicants application should be withheld until all deleterious emissions are qualified and quantified for the life time of the mine. The health effects and long term exposure to HAPs is known to create compromised health condition in humans. These emission conditions require that a background baseline analysis occur immediately. A Health Sciences Engineer and Ph.D. Air Quality Scientist should be assigned to immediately begin to develop a baseline background health assessment. A month by month monitoring study that calculates current conditions and future emission inhalation and trigger points would be used to implement exposure limits and compensatory damages. Compensatory damages would be phased over the lifetime of the mine and paid to the adjacent land owners in discernments calculated by exposure. In the alternative these adjacent landowners ask that applicants Asphalt/ Concrete Batch Plant Area be denied. Further, it should be noted that no operators within the South Platte region from Fort Lupton to Platteville are operating Asphalt or Concrete Batch Plants.