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li <br /> Transit Mix Concrete Co. <br /> resolution. Regarding potential wildfires in the area,Transit Mix will have water tanks and earthmoving <br /> equipment onsite which can be used to support firefighting efforts. The plant area and other areas of <br /> the quarry will have sufficient area for a medical helicopter to land,thus improving the potential for <br /> transport of a patient by helicopter. These emergency response aspects of the operation will be <br /> addressed during the Special Use Permit process. <br /> Other objection topics <br /> Responses to comments on the geotechnical analyses are addressed in the attached document from <br /> Norwest Corporation. <br /> Objection: Claims the area is an important area of historical uniqueness and claims the area is <br /> ecologically unique. A separate letter claims a stone oven is potentially eligible for the National Register <br /> of Historic Places. <br /> Response:This letter claims that the quarry area is historically unique; however, no details, evidence, or <br /> supporting information are included with these claims.The archeological evaluations included in the <br /> permit application categorized the historic artifacts on the property, and none are significant or require <br /> preservation. These evaluations were performed by a qualified cultural resources company, and the <br /> State Historic Preservation Office has reviewed the analysis and has not objected to the proposed <br /> development. <br /> Regardless,there is a stone oven which located near the edge of but within the affected lands boundary. <br /> The oven is located in an area that is outside of the proposed disturbance, and Transit Mix will perform <br /> all work in this area so that the oven will be preserved. <br /> Objection: Current application is a "foot in the door" and they will likely apply to expand to the original <br /> footprint. "One would have to look long and hard to find an example of an expansion denial." <br /> Response:Transit Mix,through their permit application, is requesting development of the specific area <br /> as described therein. Speculation regarding what may or may not happen has no bearing to the review <br /> of the current application. The Division and Board must evaluate the mining plan as presented by their <br /> rules and regulations, and the application submitted by Transit Mix has no plans to mine north of Little <br /> Turkey Creek. Any attempt to expand north of the creek would require a permit amendment,which <br /> will have the same notice and hearing requirements as a new permit. Other objectors' letters refer to <br /> residents along Highway 115 preventing the expansion of the Menzer Quarry,confirming that expansion <br /> of the quarry area is anything but guaranteed. <br /> Objection: Transit Mix is spreading"incorrect and misleading information" by promising to close <br /> Pikeview Quarry early and move the North Batch Station out of the city. The letter claims that Pikeview <br /> Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry Response to Comments <br /> March 9,2018 15 <br />