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Letter of Objection R Conc~"Line Camp Gravel Pit" (Application #: M-2001) Thursday, March 01, 2001 -Page: 6 The Dolores River is a navigable stream and is uncontrolled at the location of the proposed gravel pit. In high water years (i.e. in any year in which there is a high snow melt or high spring rain) the river actually changes course onto the private land of an adjacent farm belonging to the Akins. [Exhibit C shows the topography of the site and surrounding land according to U.S. Forest Service surveys. It also shows the course of the river (which runs through Akin property) in high-water years.] In past years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Colorado Department of Agriculture have worked with the Akins to avoid soil erosion and pollution from upstream sources in high-water years. In a high water year, the Dolores river, and all of the pollutants the line camp gravel pit discharges into it (in the form of TDS or otherwise) will stagnate on the private farm of the persons submitting this letter of objection and concern. Below is Figure 1 modified to show the actual flow of the river in a high water year and where the pollutants will eventually come to rest. Figure 3 -Flow of Dolores River and gravel pi[ pollutants in high-water years as they slow over the Akin farm The White arrow shows [he only point where [he gravel pit can discharge waste and pollutants because i[ has only a few feet on the Dolores River (the remainder of the land along the Dolores river is U.S. Forest Service land or private land). In Figure 3, the white arrow shows the path of pollutants discharged from the gravel pit site into the Dolores River. The dark line shows the Clow of the Dolores River across the Akin ranch in high-water years and the area where the pollutants will coagulate and saturate the ground. Four States Aggregates, LLC 01 MAR 2001 Letter of Objection & Concern: Line Camp Pit FSA-LCP-D1-001