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D~~e~o>~ <br />Div. of reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Re:Coaldale Gyppsum Quarry <br />1313 Sherman St. #215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />=,M ~ 1 ~i77- ~y 7 <br />._ ~~~ z <br />^~ ~ ~-~~ <br />/ 9i,.,., <br />Dear Mining and Safety, i ©~~ <br />We have lived in Coaldale Co since 1993. We certainly do not want that <br />Holcim Inc. to open the mine back up. Coaldale has become a beautiful <br />community with lots of new homes being built, children and seniors walking <br />the roads, not to mention all the tourist that come up to the Hayden Creek <br />Park. We all moved here for the quality of life, the beautiful mountains, the <br />quiet, and the clean environment. <br />If your doing this because of money, you could earn more money as the <br />houses and community builds up. It just will take a little more time but <br />everybody would profit including the state as well as our wonderful <br />community. It just wouldn't be the Holcim Inc. profiting,who doesn't give a <br />rat's patuti about the people, but it would be the Coaldale Community, <br />Freemont County, the State, the surrounding environment and the whole <br />world . <br />Holcim tract record for the EPA is not good. They obviously care more <br />about taking and pocketing the money than they are with the environmental <br />concerns and people's health. Their track record according to the <br />watchdog SCorecard.org suggests that they are the no. 1 producer of <br />cancer-causing pollutants in CO. Holcim is also in the top 10 <br />dirties/worst Facilities in America as a chemical waste polluter. <br />According to the latest EPA National Emission Inventory figures posted on <br />Planet Hazzard.com, Holcim's Florence plant released 6,538,608 pounds <br />of pollutants into the environment in just one year. Along with 2,147,400 <br />lbs. of Carbon Monoxide, 12,854 lbs. of Hydrochloric Acid, 337 Ibs of <br />Formaldehyde, and 82 Ibs of Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic compounds into <br />the air and water. <br />The blasting would be not be good. Nor would the dust, the ruin of the <br />mountains. There would be so much truck traffic that someone is going to <br />be hurt or killed. <br />The increase traffic would really cause a strain in our way of life and the <br />quality of our lives here in Coaldale. One also must look at the danger of <br />the trucks turning off and on to the highway 50. A traffic light would <br />certainly have to be implemented because of the dangers. Would we have <br />to get mangled or killed for Holcium or you to do something about this? <br />Highway 50 is a main highway that people can come into this area. In the <br />summer, during the hunting season, ski season, spring fishing. There are <br />so many children and seniors that also hike and walk around our <br />community that we would have to worry about the walkers. <br />Also what about the dust control? Would that be a concern? How about <br />our water supply? Has anybody got someone that's not connected to <br />Holcim to see if it would contaminate our water supply? We have really <br />,,,, <br />.~ <br />