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Email Address * <br />Enter a valid email address in this field to receive a confirmation e-mail. <br />emily.olsen89@gmail.com <br />Your Phone Number* <br />Used only to follow up. <br />802-355-85 <br />Extension <br />Alternate Phone Number <br />Used only to follow up. <br />Alternate Phone Extension <br />Connection to Operation <br />Select all that apply <br />Land Owner of affected land Structure Owner within 200' of affected land <br />Mineral Owner Fv Nearby Resident <br />Adjacent Land Owner Concerned Citizen <br />Government Agency Other <br />DESCRIPTION OF COMMENT OR OBJECTION <br />You are providing a comment or objection to the public record of a permitting action currently under review by the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety. This form is not intended for reporting of possible violations or illegal activity. Please be as specific <br />as possible. <br />Comment/Objection Narrative * <br />As a Lake County resident and the Executive Director of Cloud City Conservation Center I do not support the <br />proposal from CJK Milling and the risk their operation poses to our community. According to the Climate and <br />Economic Justice Screening Tool Lake County is considered disadvantaged when it comes to climate change, <br />legacy pollution and energy. As a rural and low income community the majority of our residents already face <br />significant barriers to health, which is one of the reasons Lake County ranks 25th out of 59 Colorado counties <br />by the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. Our community is a former EPA superfund site and much of our <br />soil still has high levels of lead, radon and other heavy metals from our mining era. According to the EPA, <br />populations within three miles of Superfund sites are more low-income and are more burdened by other <br />environmental stressors when compared to the general population. Lake County is EPA Radon Zone 1, the <br />highest potential for having Radon, the second -leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Lake County <br />residents reported higher rates of diabetes, obesity, frequent physical distress and frequent mental distress than <br />Colorado as a whole. Why should our community continue to risk our health & wellbeing so that mining <br />companies can continue to profit off of us? This operation will expose our community to innumerable risks from <br />trucking cyanide through our streets, the exposure of toxic dust from the mining operation and open topped <br />trucks driving through town, the physical damage to our roads that our community already cannot afford to <br />maintain, the risk to our water and the residents who live directly next to the proposed processing site. Our <br />community has spent decades trying to recover from the damage mining has done to our environment and our <br />health. We are not worth the potential profit this company stands to make off of us. <br />Permit Number* <br />Enter valid letter and then numbers, for example M1977999, M1999777UG or C1981201. <br />M1990057 <br />I <br />Permitting Action Type <br />Select revision type or leave blank if comment pertains to a new permit application or NOI <br />Permit Type <br />