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To: <br />CO Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />Attn: Jared Ebert <br />1313 Sherman St, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />From: <br />John Gross <br />POB 1084 <br />LaPorte, CO 80535 <br />(physical address: 3400 Orchard Drive, LaPorte, CO) <br />RE: Objections to Permit Application: M-2017-036, Knox Pit <br />Loveland Ready -Mix Concrete, Inc. LaPorte Operations, Knox Pit Construction Material <br />Application 112 <br />By this letter, l am registering my objection to the Loveland Ready -Mix Application M-2017- <br />036 for a "Construction Materials Regular 112 Operation Reclamation Permit". I live less than !z <br />mile.from the proposed operation, and I will be hugely impacted should the quarry commence <br />operations. I am clearly an Aggrieved Party with regard to this application. <br />I request the Mined Land Reclamation Board fully consider the very considerable, demonstrable <br />economic, ecological, and human health issues that will certainly result from this operation. Here <br />I focus on issues for which there is substantial, published, and peer-reviewed literature and <br />evidence for impacts, but I should mention there are other technical issues with the application (a <br />very notable one is the omission of Exhibit Q. <br />Three major and specific issues: <br />1. Property values will be reduced: Prior research has clearly and unequivocally <br />demonstrated that quarries reduce property values up to 3 miles away. The reduction in <br />property values is proportional to proximity to the quarry, and nearby properties can <br />anticipate having their value reduced by 25-30%. These results are consistent across <br />locations in the U.S. and Canada. The application needs to fully account for the major <br />economic impact on property values and subsequent tax losses to Larimer County. <br />2. Truck traffic will be costly to the community: There is a very considerable and established <br />body of evidence demonstrating the negative financial, social, and health impacts of heavy <br />truck traffic. An outstanding example of this is the fact that the City of Ft. Collins has <br />prohibited truck leaving the nearby Martin Marietta quarry to exit south on Taft Hill, the road <br />on which the quarry is located. Heavy trucks are noisy, stinky, unsafe, dirty, they spill load, <br />impede traffic, make it hard to cross the road, and they cause rapid road degradation. A huge <br />increase in truck traffic will clearly reduce economic, aesthetic, and environmental values in <br />areas near the quarry and cement plant. The application and associated studies need to much <br />more thoroughly evaluate the impact of heavy truck traffic and design necessary road <br />improvements to accommodate this. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />