2022-01-21_PERMIT FILE - M2021064 ‎(52)‎

• Permit No: M2021064
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/21/2022
• Doc Name: Comment/Objection
• From: Craig Carroll
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: LJW
• Email Name: LJW
• Media Type: D

January 21, 2022

Lucas West
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Room 215, c/o:
1001 E 62nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80216

Re: Permit No. M2021064

Lucas,

My name is Craig Carroll. After searching all over Colorado for vacation property and a
permanent retirement home, I settled on Pagosa Springs. One of the main reasons I
decided on this area, as pointed out by my realtor, Kimberly Brown of Galles Properties,
is the fact that Archuleta County is approximately 50% National Forest and 15%
Southern Ute Tribe Property. There is limited industrial or commercial areas in the
vicinity which met my criteria.

I just recently became aware of the Major Sand & Gravel Permit Application to the south
of the Rendezvous Ranches, Archuleta County PLN21-144, which is associated with
your Permit No. M2021064. I researched the surrounding properties prior to
purchasing my home at 66 Rendezvous Court. The proposed mine location shows to
be National Forest property on the maps that I relied on. When reading the application,
it states this land was placed in private hands in a land transfer in 2012. I was totally
surprised by this information.

The zoning for this location is Agricultural Ranching (AR). AR zoning states that
Commercial uses are generally limited to those associated with Agricultural and
Recreational uses. Mining and gravel use have nothing to do with either one. I believe
Mining and gravel is industrial.

The application states that it is requested that ready-mixed Portland cement concrete
plants and hot-mix asphaltic cement concrete facilities be located temporarily on the
Ranch for specific projects…is considered unlikely. This is a major red flag. They
would not be requesting it if they did not intend to do it.

The application states that it is anticipated that 72,000 tons per year of materials will be
shipped from the ranch. This equates to 144,000,000 lbs. Using the average of 2750
lbs per cubic yard (CY), this equates to 52,364 CY of material. The average dump truck