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from uranium tailings that exist in the area by way of the old uranium mine that once operated <br /> adjacent to on the western border of the subject property. <br /> In fact,the road that is proposed for ingress/egress by the Strip Mine, "Old Mine Road" is named due <br /> to the existence of one of the uranium mines that once operated there. <br /> Please see: Exhibit 1(a)-(b), Map, provided by Uranium Producers of America, showing the location of <br /> uranium mining operations in Skull Creek.) and an excerpt from "Uranium Deposits in the Skull Creek <br /> and Uranium Peak Districts, Northwest Colorado", (1955) authored by Y. William Isachsen, U.S. Atomic <br /> Energy Commission, Grand Junction Colorado. <br /> Also attached is a USGS map showing the location of a number of uranium mines in the general area <br /> provided by USGS "The Diggings", and a satellite image map depicting the proposed mine property, <br /> provided by the Moffat County Recorder's office,with the location of several of the uranium mine <br /> locations marked with "*" See: Exhibit 2 (a)-(b)attached hereto. Also see, "Hydrology Report"JFM <br /> Consulting, attached hereto. <br /> Skull Creek Residents are most concerned with the location of the "Skull Creek Mine",the "Cleta Group" <br /> mine and the "Unnamed Uranium Occurrence" located within the subject Strip Mine site. The past <br /> mining operations date back as far as the 1920's and were likely not done in any sophisticated manner, <br /> and the possibility of disturbing the soils on or around the location of such uranium mining operations <br /> could disturb mine tailings and introduce hazardous uranium material into the air, with the potential to <br /> cause severe health issues for the residents as well as any employees working in that environment. <br /> The Skull Creek Residents specifically object to the Strip Mine's disturbance of surface soils and <br /> subsoils in the area on the basis of release of hazardous and toxic uranium into the atmosphere,and <br /> demand that the appropriate State and/or Federal entities are involved in investigation of the <br /> uranium materials and their potential for harm. <br /> DUST, IN GENERAL: <br /> At this juncture, it should come as no surprise that the Skull Creek Residents have no faith in the ability <br /> of the Strip Mine to adequately and competently regulate the dust control necessary on the Strip <br /> Mine's location, nor the roads they propose to employ for ingress/egress to the Strip Mine's location. <br /> EXCESSIVE NOISE, EMISSIONS: <br /> As previously noted above, assuming that the Strip Mine were able to secure adequate volumes of <br /> water to provide effective dust control on the roads and subject site, such dust control would require a <br /> fleet of approximately 17 water tanks alone, traveling constantly up and down County 104 and into the <br /> Strip Mine site. This is in addition to the massive excavation equipment and behemoth mining dump <br /> trucks that will be operating on the site and in and out of the Skull Creek area via the 104. These <br /> vehicles are primarily diesel, and their emission levels are excessive and will generally foul the air. The <br /> incline of the Old Mine Road has the potential for trucks to employ their'fake brakes" which will add <br /> Skull Creek Homeowners Objection <br /> March 17,2020 <br /> Page 5 <br />