2021-12-14_PERMIT FILE - M2021066 (2)

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,,;LC 14 2021 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING&SAFETY-MINERALS December 7, 2021 Tabetha Lynch C/O Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St. Rm 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Tabetha, I am writing to object to the Sanders Gravel Pit File#M2021066. I am a nearby property owner and a co- user of the access road I have just recently found out some of the specifics contained in this application. As I understand the application the applicant will be using this access for their mining operation and obviously then haul trucks coming in to load and exiting loaded. It seems apparent to me that the road is not built for this type of use and it is not even mentioned in the application of the other user's, using this road.The application itself states the road is 12 feet wide, completely unacceptable to put large dump trucks or semi-trailers full of product on the same road as other residential users. I have personally seen my neighbor's grandchildren using this road on their bicycles. It is also used for agricultural activities involving livestock movement, walking,ATV and UTV usage, by invited guest of the landowner's and on occasion by trespassers. 1) Where this private road intersects with the public County road I believe there is a dangerous interaction between not only the existing landowner's, but undeniable danger imposed by adding on average 23 haul truck/trailers per day 200 days out of the year. I personally have pulled out on to the County road from the private road not having seen an approaching vehicle from the south, as it was down in the dip on the County road just south of the intersection.The vehicles traveling either north or south on County road #129 travel at a minimum of the posted 45MPH speed limit, many times at much greater speed. It is not safe to have a haul truck/trailer pull out on to this busy county road with blind stretches of road for the traveling public to either slow down to almost 0 while the haul truck/trailer accelerates,or be able to pass the heavy vehicle as it tries to accelerate to public travel speeds. According to the application they will extract up to 70,000 tons of product per year, at 15 tons per loaded truck that is 4,666 entrances on to the county road each year or over the 200 days as stated in the application as days of operation, 23+ per day, or almost 1 trip out every 15 minutes.This is not counting the trips in. I believe Routt County counts one (1)trip in, 2 trip out.So the number above (4,666) can be doubled to 9,332 each year, or 46 per day interactions with a very heavily traveled County road. I only can assume at this stage your office considers the danger and impacts to not only the other users on this private road but also on the dangers to the residents and visitors to Routt County. 2) 1 have a dam of which this road crosses over and represents the single source of livestock water I have in the adjoining pasture. I would ask that any damage to this structure and loss of livestock