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South Hinsdale Response to Objections <br /> 12 July 2022 <br /> (2) Objection: location — gravel pit would prevent hiking and rock climbing on northern <br /> Piedra River Trail. See Section 5.1. <br /> Response: We have not been able to determine any mechanism or process by which <br /> either hiking or rock-climbing would be prevented on ANY trail or slope located on NFS <br /> lands, including the Piedra River Trail and the Ice Caves Trail. The proposed affected <br /> mining area is located several hundred feet away from that trail at its closest point and is <br /> on private land which is not on public land or open for hiking, rock climbing, parking, or <br /> other activities without specific permission of the landowner which has been posted to this <br /> effect. <br /> (3) Objection: economic—negative impact on tourism and tourism dollars See Section 5.9 <br /> (4) Objection: viewshed— scars to the landscape See Sections 5.4 and 5.5 <br /> (5) Objection: noise — "a barrage" Noise from operations on the affected land will be in <br /> compliance with State of Colorado limits. There will be no operations at night <br /> (6) Objection: air quality/health —lung damaging dust and exhaust produced by hundreds <br /> of dump trucks <br /> Response: See Section 5.3.3. Truck traffic daily volumes (limited to workdays — no <br /> weekends or holidays) will be significantly less than one hundred trucks. Assuming 20 <br /> tons/truck and annual haul of 30,000 tons, that would amount to a total of 1,500 trucks <br /> PER year, hauling about 66 days per year, or 22.73 trucks per day—less than 3 per hour. <br /> (7) Objection: water quality — risks serious contamination to the immediately adjacent <br /> Piedra River, disrupt existing movement of surface water and groundwater, interrupt <br /> natural water recharge and lead to reduced quantity and quality for wildlife and residents <br /> See Section 5.2 <br /> (8) Objection: wildlife impacts—see item on water quality above; fish choked by sediment <br /> and heavy metals contamination See Sections 5.2, 5.6, and 4.2 <br /> 3.7 Sandy Engels <br /> Pagosa Springs <br /> List of two (2) objections. <br /> (1) Objection: traffic—keep our area free of truck traffic and environmental impact on land <br /> and streets See Section 5.3 <br /> (2) Objection: road conditions: wear and tear on Piedra Road — more deterioration to an <br /> already fragile road See Section 5.3 <br /> 3.8 Mary Brown <br /> Wild Iris Drive, Pagosa Springs <br /> List of three (3) objections. <br /> (1) Objection: traffic: dangers of gravel trucks See Section 5.3 <br /> (2) Objection: water usage See Section 5.2 <br /> (3) Objection: air quality— dust See Section 5.8 <br /> 5182-22-003 WASTELINE, INC. Page 34 of 107 <br />