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UPPER CLEAR CREEK <br />WATERSSED ASSOCIATION <br />P, O. BOX 3058 <br />m.~ro spnr2vas, co ea~.sa <br />May 15, 2007 <br />Frederick Rollenhagen, Director <br />Clear Creek County Planning Department <br />P. O. Box 2000 <br />Georgetown, CO 80444 <br />fro Ilenhagen@co.clear-creek. co. us <br />R~r~~ei~~ <br />MAY 1 F 1.pp~ <br />Division rr Ida~~amaijol~, <br />Mining and ~a(~ty <br />RE: Miner Plan Amendment Case No. PDA 2007-0001 <br />Walstrum Aggregate Quarry Planned Development Amended Official <br />Development Plan, Rezonirig Case No. 265 and Major Plan Amendment Case <br />No. 01-PDA-02 <br />Dear Mr. Rollenhagen, <br />We received the letter dated April 4, 2007 from <br />Environment, Inc. (consultant for Albert Frei and Sons, <br />Inc.j which responded to concems detailed in our March <br />23, 2007 comment letter. We believe that our concerns <br />were not adequately addressed in Environment's <br />correspondence. Asa 208 agency whose membership <br />includes 20 municipalities, counties, and dischargers <br />located in the upper Clear Creek Watershed in Clear <br />Creek and Gilpin Counties, we are very concerned about <br />the water quality impacts of the Frei mining operations on <br />Clear Creek. <br />Portions of the quarry have been paved for some time <br />now, and as depicted in these photos, it is visibly obvious <br />that pavement is not preventing sediment from reaching <br />Clear Creek. Additional paving will not prevent additional <br />sediment loading. We believe that current sweeper <br />efforts add sediment to the waterway, as well. <br />We request that Clear Creek County require Albert Frei <br />and Sons, Inc. to develop and implement a water quality <br />monitoring program that measures flows, sediments, and <br />nutrients entering Clear Creek from this facility. The data <br />