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2. crushing operations. Should this project be allowed, certainly uranium analyses of early drill cuttings should be made before giving a final go- ahead to production. Routine uranium blast hole cuttings analyses during any production should also be required. Perhaps some early feeling for the likelihood of such airborne contamination at the planned quarry site can be obtained by examining drilling records from the Frei Quarry located about two miles to the southwest. *Regardina this item: The possible occurrence of radioactive mineralization. This too should be considered to be a comment to be taken into account during the Division's review. Please note that the two county specific map provided initially, is now a three county map having Jefferson county occurrences cited. The proposed project is practically at the juncture of the three counties. We appreciate the requirement for the project applicant to notify in advance the property owners who are proximal to the proposed project. The other requirement for three consecutive notifications via a local Newspaper of Record is also admirable. However, when the project is on the edge of that newspaper's area of coverage and the possibly adversely affected population largely resides in an adjacent county (Jefferson in this casej, there is little wonder that problematic projects can fly below the radar and be approved. This poor notice problem is further compounded by the very small size of text typically used in such in such Public Notices. *As to the above item 3, it is provided more as an objection; not so much regarding the Permit Application but to the State's limiting requirement: C.R.S. 3432.5-109 Para. 4:..."the board shall provide notice of such application to ail counties in which proposed mining operations are located and to each municipality located within two miles of the area proposed minims operations. To the best of our know- ledge Public Notice was printed in but one newspaper, The Reaister- Call. It could be said that haulage of product through adjoining counties does not apply but the bulk of the population affected does not subscribe nor is exposed to the Register-Call. *(See also: Radioactive Mineral Occurrences of Colorado, Bulletin 40. Nelson -Moore, Collins and Hornbaker, Colorado Geological Survey, 1978. 1058 p. Gilpin County, p. 159-166 and Clear Creek County, p. 96- 110. Two maps from this publication are attached.