2017-12-18_PERMIT FILE - M2017049 (108)

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December 9, 2017 RieceivFd DEC �8 201I Ms. Amy Eschberger d1VIS/pN p Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety M/N/NpgNDSAFMAt/pN 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 l?y Denver, CO 80203 Ms. Eschberger, erned citizen of El Paso County, Colorado, I HIGHLY and OVERWHELMING OBJECT Transit Mix Concrete Company's (TM's) application M2017-049 to h a quarry on Hitch Rack Ranch. THANKS TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR BRINGING TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION THIS UNNECESSARY, LIFE ALTERING, AND DRASTICALLY CONSEQUENTIAL HEAVY-HANDED ATTEMPT OF BIG BUSINESS (TRANSIT MIX CONCRETE CO) TO FURTHER DISREGARD OUR COMMUNITY'S GREATEST ASSETS OF PEOPLE, LAND, WATER, MILITARY ACCESS, AND WILDLIFE. WHY APPROVE DETRIMENTS TO IMP ORTANT ASSETS IN OUR COMMUNITY? IS N'T THE HIGHLY VIS IBLE, EYE-S ORE MOUNTAIN S CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY ENOUGH ?!?!? OUR COMMUNITY will pay too large of a price for TM's local endeavors. It's plain to see that the application fails to protect water resources, wildlife habitat and the easement rights of several property owners along Little Turkey Creek Road. Additionally, the CDRMS / MLRB should take into consideration the further consequence of the traffic congestion that Fort Carson /military and the community will experience due to the expansion ofTM's trucks traversing HWY 115. I urge the Mine Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) to DENY TM's application M2017- 049, and help prevent any future allowance of TM to get its way in OUR COMMUNITY. I request that both the Pre-hearing Conference and MLRB Hearing be conducted in OUR COMMUNITY of Colorado Springs in order to enhance proper community input, oversight, and media coverage. Let's do the right thing for OUR COMMUNITY and NOT APPROVE an application that would allow for a business to victimize OUR COMMUNITY ASSETS.