2022-07-18_PERMIT FILE - M2022018

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South Hinsdale Response to Objections 12 July 2022 Objections: (1) Objection: location - not compatible with Hinsdale County Zoning and Development Regulations See Section 5.1 (2) Objection: location/water quality— close to Piedra River and located close to trailhead See Sections 5.1 and 5.2 (3) Objection: socio-economic - negative impact on Sportsman's Campground — visitors will refuse to come Response. See Section 5.9. There is a significant body of evidence from Southwestern Colorado, the entire State, and other States including South Dakota's and Wyoming's Black Hills that demonstrates the presence of a visible gravel mining operation(and actual industrial operations) — often even closer than the Sportsman's Campground to this proposed operation (1.5 miles) — do NOT have any measurable impact on tourist and visitor patronage of campgrounds and other tourist- and outdoor-recreation-associated activities. (4) Objection: location —pristine location not suitable, will drive away tourists See Section 5.1 and 5.11 (5) Objection: visual impact - "eyesore" See Section 5.4.2 (6) Objection: air quality— dust See Section 5.8 (7) Objection: noise See Section 5.7 (8) Objection: traffic See Section 5.3 (9) Objection: road conditions —damage See Section 5.3 (10) Objection: safety— road traffic—cites work in 2021 resurfacing Piedra Road — safety issues "nearly impossible to mitigate" See Section 5.3. Although rebuilding and modifying some sections of Piedra Road to improve safety may be very difficult and costly, mitigation itself is not particularly difficult. Standard measures of traffic control and barriers used throughout Colorado on State Highways are possible and relatively easy to design, implement, and maintain. (11) Objection: road condition (maintenance)—cites 2021 work See Section 5.3 (12) Objection: water quality- sediment runoff into Piedra River See Section 5.2 (13) Objection: wildlife — damage to trout fishery already stressed by drought, irrigation, mag chloride runoff, sediment runoff from Piedra Road See Sections 5.2 and 5.6. The only impact to the trout fishery will be improvements by reducing or eliminating discharge of sediment from irrigation return flows and better management of Kleckner Lane runoff. (14) Objection: close to riparian area (habitat) See Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.11. The site is close to but not in a riparian area, and therefore meets requirements of Hinsdale County regulation 2.5-2.E to avoid development in riparian habitat areas. Demonstrates no negative affect. See also Section 4.2 (CPW comments and response) (15) Objection: viewshed — specifically from south of pit towards north and west See Section 5.4.2 (land quality including viewshed) (16) Objection: noise — rock crushers and trucks, to be heard for miles (Piedra Trailhead) See Section 5.1 and Section 5.7 (17) Objection: air quality- dust See Section 5.8 5182-22-003 WASTELINE, INC. Page 41 of 107