INSPEC02731

• Permit No: M1989029
• IBM Index Class Name: Inspection
• Doc Name: MINERALS PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
• Inspection Date: 4/26/2001
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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'~~ ~ ~ RECEIVEC~ ,~~
STAR 14 2000
To whom it may concern;
Division of Minerah 8 Geology
I Introduction. ~r j`i`~5` 4~-9
Since the inseption of the
pit our rural community has had
This neighborhood has withstood
bad bridges, traffic accidents,
trucks, dust problems, odor pro
mining reclaimation.
Distel Farm,CandM gravel
to withstand numerous problems.
14 years of bad roads,
near accidents, speeding
~1ems, and questionable
Dust Problems;
1) Roofs are getting ruined by the fugitive dust.
2) Livestock have been lost due to excessive dust.
3) H.ay crops are being devalued due to the blowing dust.
4) Breathing of silica sand has presented respiratory
problems with surrounding people.
Odor Problems; -
1) Ocior when asphalt plant is started in AM.
2) Odor problem in the winter months when.all._the trucks
acrd equipment are started, creating a large cloud of smoke.
During downslope conditions it settles at, nearby properties.
kiidiife;
i) .C~.e dewateri :E. .ia5 .tilled We11 OVeI" lily bi: .-121n.
ccttonwood trees off the permitted area.
2) Dewatering is being done with buried asphalt and
concrete submersed around the dewatering pumps,
which discharge directly to the St. Vrain river.
3) Wildlife living in the area are slowly losing there habitat.
Property Values;
1) CandM mining operation has hurt our property values.
People do not like negative impact areas. I have had
this studied and with the plant as our neighbor our
pr~~perty values have shown well below market growth.