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Mr. Calvin Joyner September 3, 1998 Page 2 Within seconds Mr. Randy Smith, Montezuma County Crusher Foreman, drove his truck to Susan's location and said to Susan "you will have to leave this azea." She explained to Mr. Smith that she was on a BLM access road and that she had a right to stand on the property. He stated that this was ahard-hat area and to enter the property a hazd hat must be worn. She said "but you do not have a hard hat on." Susan stated that if this is a hard hat area that a sign should be posted. Randy said that he would post a sign. He stated that the County's insurance did not cover other people on the property. She stated again the she was on BLM property. He told Susan that he was going to call the Sheriff. Susan told him to go ahead. Randy then stated that he was going to call Tom Weaver and he could explain the situation to her. She told him that she did not want to speak with Mr. Weaver. Mr. Smith told Susan that he was going to lock the gate in five minutes and that she should leave. He also told Susan that he had spoken with all the neighbors and that they all wanted the gravel pit. He told Susan that the EPA had been to the site and that they (the county) were doing everything right. (It was not the EPA, it was the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment). At that point Susan said that she had nothing further to discuss and she drove down the access road away from the mining operation. 3. Mr. Stone states in his Air Pollution Emission Notice and Control Plan for FYrgitive Particulate Emission that one truck with a 10 yard capacity will make five trips per day. He also states that one truck with an 18 yard capacity will make five trips per day. That comes to a total of 10 trips per day. Today, Thursday, September 3, 1998 Susan Campbell Bell counted at least twenty-six gravel trucks entering the mining azea. Susan later received a call from Bob Jorgenson of the Colorado Department of Health. He stated that Randy Smith called him somewhere around 1:30 p.m. Randy told Mr. Jorgenson that the County was not crushing gravel and that they were controlling the dust at the mining site and on the roads. Randy also stated that only a few trucks were entering the mining area. Mr. Jorgenson kept making the county roads the issue for fugitive dust. Susan explained to Mr. Jorgenson that the issues up to September 3, 1998 have not been the county roads. The issues of fugitive dust were with regazd to the mining area. She explained to Mr. Jorgenson that all calls to his office were with regard to the mining azea, not the county roads.