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In the amendment application, 6.4.8 Exhibit H Wildlife Information: It says "Impacts on <br /> local wildlife are expected to be negligible." We don't believe that's true - but the <br /> impact will be lessened if mining is held back from the river. <br /> There are 7 pages of information about soil. Nearly all the soils have the potential for <br /> rapid to very rapid runoff with a high to very high potential for erosion. Again, the <br /> farther the mining operation is from the river, the less likely it is to impact the river. <br /> We're now wondering if the opaque muddy water that we see during flood events is the <br /> result of mining around Eight Mile Creek. We don't know. In any event, from the <br /> application 6.4.4 Exhibit D Mining Plan c) states that "this operation is not expected to <br /> directly affect surface water....." When looking west from our property to the mining <br /> scar along the river, we believe the first torrential rain is going to create a huge mess in <br /> the river. In this area, mining should not be allowed to continue that close to the banks <br /> of the Arkansa River. <br /> When we built on our land in 2011, we were required to get approval from the Army <br /> Corps of Engineers to move a return irrigation ditch that had created a small wetlands. <br /> The Corps asked us to create a new wetlands that would equal the area of the <br /> wetlands being lost, and we did. It seems to me that Fremont Pavement & Redi Mix <br /> should have the same obligation to protect the Arkansas River Riparian Corridor, <br /> especially after public monies have been spent to restore it. <br /> We acknowledge the needs of the regional population when it comes to road base and <br /> other construction materials produced from the Penrose Pit. We also acknowledge <br /> their right to develop rock extraction product as per their contracts and permits. We <br /> merely ask that development occurs with the least environmental damage to the most <br /> environmentally sensitive public and private land in the vicinity. Specifically, we ask <br /> that Fremont Pavement & Redi Mix not mine on the rectangle of land owned by the <br /> South40 Land Company LLC or the land between that parcel and the Arkansas river. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Becky and Steve Andrews <br /> 257 CR 119 <br /> Florence, CO 81226 <br /> 719-784-2053 <br /> andrewss@earthlink.net <br /> Enclosed: <br /> Bird List <br /> Maps <br /> USDA Project Description <br /> Notes from the amendment application <br />