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Tess Reyes <br />2805 Farview Drive Fort Collins, CO 80524 1970-294-3284 1 teresital@bajabb.com <br />November 7, 201.7 <br />Mr. Jared Ebert <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St. - Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Ebert: <br />RECEIVED <br />NOY 0 9 2017 <br />DIVISION OF RECIAMATION <br />MiNIW MD SAFETY 2l <br />4o V <br />1 <br />Greetings to you. My name is Tess. I am writing your good office for the same reason that is <br />behind the steadily increasing number of concerned citizens in LaPorte who are in strong <br />opposition of yet another concrete processing facilities in our midst - Fear for Health and <br />Safety. <br />Please allow me to bring to your attention that, as we speak, the 6 -square mile community <br />of LaPorte is rapidly being overtaken by the unbridled heavy -industrial mining and on-site <br />concrete processing which continue to contribute to the problem of air pollution. <br />Concerned citizens of LaPorte are well-informed of particulate -related health risks <br />associated with the presence of heavy -industry in their midst. Particulate pollution <br />(particularly PM10 & PM 2.5) has been identified in studies conducted by the Harvard <br />School of Public Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International <br />Agency on Research of Cancer (IARC) - to be a significant cause of lung cancer and other <br />serious life-threatening diseases. <br />My spouse is disabled by a medical condition. He has been diagnosed with a heart condition <br />for which he is currently taking medication(s) and regularly following up with a <br />cardiologist. <br />With almost 2 decades of extensive practice as a cardiovascular -surgical I.G.U. nurse with <br />some organ transplant experience, I believe that concerns for my husband's health and <br />safety are well- founded in addressing the threat of particulate emission from aggregate <br />processing facilities that threaten to close -in and inarguably envelope our immediate <br />environment from within the range of just a few feet to less than a mile at most. <br />