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/Y/~ ~^/C /~~ ~ n d~ Steve and Maria Herndon <br />August 20, 2005 °vv V J ~ `~ ©~ ~LS~~ ~ <br />RECEIVE® <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 ~UG 2 2 2005 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Division of IVllnm als and Geology <br />Deal 3fr$, <br />We the undersigned aze opposed to the expansion of the Sokol Gravel Pit. Pit # M-1980-193 and <br />the proposed Asphalt and/or Concrete Batch Plant by Rocky Mountain Asphalt, Inc., to be <br />located approximately three miles south of Highway 24 on SoapWeed Road, extending east to <br />Hahn Road. <br />These issues and concerns need to be addressed as follows and they aze checked off as they <br />pertain to this site: <br />X Dust and Pollution (Health Concerns) <br />X Noise <br />X Traffic safety/line of travel <br />X Impairment of gravel road due to trucks traveling SoapWeed <br />X Commercial wells (adverse affects to local residents water <br />supply /Town of Calhan's well on Hahn Road) <br />X Quality of life <br />X The size of the proposed operation (Total proposed permitted <br />area, 295 acres) <br />X Location in respect to residential azeas <br />X Life of mine (30 yeazs?) <br />X Demise of wildlife inhabitants <br />X Times of operation <br />X Rezoning <br />X Archeological deposits (Indian artifacts) <br />X Lights <br />X Smell of an asphalUConcrete plant <br />X Petroleum spills and contaminates <br />X Close proximity to the town of Calhan <br />Additional Comments or Information: <br />Our property is located west of the proposed expansion. linine the eastern wall of the valley that <br />SoapWeed travels. Given our location, we would be (property, animals and human) extremely <br />susceptible to any and all run off from the proposed expansion. This would include extraneous <br />dirt, sand, gravel, lye (from any concrete work), asphalt, diesel fuel and other petroleum <br />contaminants that result from both the production of asphalt and the truckine of asphalt. It is a <br />known fact that any haulers of asphalt line their beds with diesel fuel to prevent the asphalt from <br />transmission fluid from the multitude of vehicles that would be traveling in and out of the <br />1 of3 <br />