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11 <br />(,• <br />{`• <br /> <br />1 MR. VENTRELLO: My name is <br />2 Jim Ventrello, V-e-n-t-r-e-1-1-0, I am <br />3 a Delta County Commissioner. I will be <br />4 representing myself here, the Board has <br />5 an official document that they will <br />6 present in a little while. <br />7 I would like to thank you for <br />8 coming here. Public hearings are not <br />9 always fun, especially when you have to <br />10 drive 60 or 70 miles to get here. I <br />11 think the considerations for this, and <br />12 I would like to say very clearly that I <br />13 am in favor of it, are multi-faceted. <br />14 Yes, there is economic <br />15 benefit to our county and to the <br />16 surrounding area. This coal mine and <br />17 the expansion of it is not in a <br />18 wilderness area, though there is a <br />19 wilderness area nearby. There has been <br />20 coal mined in this area for <br />21 generations. <br />22 My great grandfather came <br />23 here in the late 1880s and there was <br />24 coal mining here. For the entire life <br />25 of my grandfather, my father, and <br />Joppa H. Smith <br />RUSK & RUSK COURT REPORTERS <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81502 <br />303-242-3074 <br />