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~~ ~ SANBORN SAND & GRAVEL, INC. P.O. Box 362 Fairplay, CO 80440 719.836.2406 Weal Atkinson Anneke K. Raney 2695 Wyandotte Ave. San Diego, Ca. 92117 RE: Letter to Div. of Minerals S Geology concerning 112 Permit application for expansion. The Division forwarded a copy of your letter to them expressing your concerns about our application. I will try to address each cf your points. - 1) We feel we have helped many peaple in this area by providing sand, gravel, road base, septic rock, and boulders used as decorative rock many people feel enhance their property. We are the only steady, permanent providers of these products in this area, and the next closest market would mean more expensive trucking bills. (Breckenridge) Some of the people in Fairplay who use our product are The Town of Fairplay, 4-H, day care providers, Forestry Service, State of Colorado, numerous contractors, individuals, and I believe the Fairplay community appreciates both the convenience and honesty of our business. Econmmically Fairplay is a fragile community, and it is very hard for business to survive here. I feel our business helps support many other Fairplay businesses. 2) The State Engineer's office received a copy of our application, and pointed out we do not intercept groundwater. Our water is piped from a surface diversion structure, and they also stated that it recommends approval of current operation. 3) We are not actually expanding our current operation, however we do need more storage area for our stockpiles. We have been fortunate to provide the sand for highway 9 winter maintenance, and this requires more space. We are not expanding our ponds in any way, and I have never noticed any addition or subtraction of mosquitos. There is a subdivision water augmentation pond next to our property also; could this be adding to the mosquito population? Since we are not charming the current plan I would not expect any change in the current conditions. In answer to any ground water question, I would repeat we do not use nor affect any ground water. <1) Again, storage is our goal, and there will be no' change in the current traffic, noise or dust. This has been an extremely dry year and I believe the motorists on the County road create as much dust as we do. I can see no reason for the current condition to change, since we are not expanding oug excavating.