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b. The concrete, cinder block and rebaz design that the company proposes <br />as adequate protection from the Animas River water is described as <br />being placed only 18 inches to 3 feet below the existing water level. <br />All the experts agree that if there is a flood or a rapid rise in water, the <br />level of that reinforcing design would prove to be so inadequate that <br />we could expect the ddce to disintegrate rapidly. The loss of this dike <br />could also cause the Animas River to find its way onto our land, <br />making this company's lack of design thoroughness our problem <br />It should also be noted that Four Corners Materials is the same company that operates the <br />Baz D Gravel Pit. This mining operation has drastically reduced vegetative and wildlife <br />habitat due to the scouring of the river bed. All you need to do is view aerial photographs <br />from 1960 to 2000 to see what impact poorly conceived and monitored river gravel <br />- mining can have on ourenvironment. - - - -- - <br />We encourage you to deny Four Corners Materials their permit to dig the gravel for the <br />lake at the Thomas Pit until the Army Corp of Engineers has determined that the <br />company has made all the necessary changes to their existing proposal. At a minimum, <br />the Corp needs to validate that Fow Corners Materials has taken action to protect <br />adjoining landowners, river habitat and the aquatic environment for future generations. <br />i <br />nd Jose Whe ing <br />ry 550 <br />CO 81301 <br />ca U.S. Army Corp of Engineers -Durango, CO <br />U.S. Army Corp of Engineers -Grand Junction, CO <br />La Plata County Commissioners <br />La Plata County Planning Department <br />Colorado Division ofMinerals and Geology -Denver; CO <br />