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RECEVVED _s_u M M A R Y' <br />MA`I t 4 2~ STATE OF COLORADO.. <br />Givision~fMinorelsandGeologY MEMO OF INFORMATION <br />MINERALS PROGRAM: <br />Re: Citizen Partici anon in the 112 Reclamation.Permit A lication Process <br />ev se ctober 9, 2 0 <br />INTRODUCTION: <br />1: ROCKY MOUNTAIN MATERIALS & ASPHALT INC. applied fora 112 Reclamation Permit <br />for Construction Materi.als'or Hard rock:~° <br />a. The permit is a LIFE OF MINE permit with no expiration date;. <br />b. The permit. can be revoked only if there is a violation; <br />c. It is doubtful Rocky Mountain would ever have any violations; <br />therefore, the permit could last forever. <br />COMMENTS: <br />Granting a LIFE OF: MINE permit to Rocky Mountain .for a mining operation affects us; <br />as: <br />1. We are owners of property adjoining their property, meaning next to or <br />borders upon; and this operation: <br />a. would spoil any potentials of. enhancement of that area; <br />b. .would rufiri•`the.'scenic:~view:and affect'•the:'viiluec6f.,propeet3es <br />in that area; . <br />c. would create much,NOISE, HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC, VISUAL .IMPACTS, and <br />-MUCH DUST - creating an unhealthy atmosphere. <br />d. -UPSET .any plans the family may have for their•'property as, although <br />no one is living on it now, someone living there in the future has not <br />been ruled out; • <br />e. as owners of their adjoining property, we would, undoubtedly, receive <br />the brunt of any pollution.and.toxins released by a gravel mining <br />operation; and <br />f. we do not want a mining operation as a neighbor. . <br />Quoting and repeating from my March. 28 and April 12 letters: <br />An article in the New England Journal of Medicine stated in part:. <br />"A. study shows that in large cities, every 1 percent increase <br />in the concentration of a.. type .of pollution known as-fine. <br />pa rticulate matter results ,. on average, on one MORE DEATH PER DAY." <br />'~-: ~~.~~ir~~:•~•;.:That study .referred to large cities; however, pollution is pollution <br />whether in a large city or a, small city. It is not known what type of toxin Rocky <br />Mountain's mining operation will produce but whatever pollution and toxins it re- <br />leases, would be hazardous. • <br />GRANTING A LIFE OF MINE type of permit: <br />a. Is not a one-or-two day operation. The proposed permit would allow an <br />operation for Life.of the Mine which could be in. operation .for 50 years <br />and more, releasing whatever TOXINS mining gravel would produce daily; <br />b. In any mining: operation, it's not what you see, but what you don't see <br />that is of great concern; <br />c. When the wind blows, pollution affects the.. entire area as the wind blows <br />NORTH.-. SOUTH - EAST and WEST;,and would spread pollution all over; <br />d: All people living in that area would suffer the consequences of pollutions <br />and toxins that would be released by a.mining operation and would adversely <br />affect the health of all in the surrounding area. <br />