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The public safety of the ~a will be negatively impa~ed with higher risk of flood damage. The Williams Canyon area already has signs posted to "Climb to Safety in case of Flash Flood". The quarry expansion will place more land open to errosion. The proposed reclamation plan is inadequate to prevent high levels of errosion. The public safety of the area will also be negatively impacted with the increased heavy truck traffic. Quarry trucks are a hazzard to normal traffic with their large inertia levels. They increase the existance of potholes in the road ways. They also scatter sand and small rocks on the road and into traveling vehicles. My car windshield has been damaged several times by rocks flying from quarry trucks. Insurance companies and there clients must support this cost of the quarries. In terms of wildlife the South Rampart Range is very special. There is a large herd of big horn sheep that live in the area. It is part of the winter feeding range and migration route for sheep, deer and the few remaining bear in Colorado. The quarry interfere with our Colorado heritage of wildlife. Rereational assets will be negatively impacted by the Snyder Quarry. _ Tourism is one of the largest industries in E1 Paso County: Williams --~ Canyon is one of the scenic attractions of our area. This mine would destroy part of the Williams Canyon. Tourists and locals hike on the Waldo Canyon trail. The mine will make the Waldo Canyon trail no longer a escape from the harshness of civilzation. Parents who take their children to see something of nature will be faced with a strip mine. I am particularly upset that the proposed reclamation efforts for the quarry are so minimal. This is a highly visible quarry already. This area will not look natural for thousands of years without landscaping. But 4 inches of topsoil and only 28 lbs. of grass seed per acre is not sufficient to stop errosion let alone soften the scar of this quarry. Cities need to have a voice in how their environment will be used. Strip mines should remain out of the city view, or should be reclaimed to a natural landscape within 2 years of exposure - that is land should be reclaimed as excavated. I live directly beneath one of the largest and ugliest mines in the area -- by Garden of the Gods. This mine was supposedly "reclaimed" -- but it still looks like a big red scar to everyone in the city. There are no trees or grass growing on the site and only a sparse amount of brush. Our altitude and dry climate slow down the growth process considerably. The mining companies state that quarry expansions such as the Snyder Quarry is proposing,-is necessary to provide -inexpensive-building materials which enhance the growth of E1 Paso County. In my opinion the mines are costing the cities more than they can afford already. The strip mines are destroying the very reason that people move to this area and build, namely the scenic beauty of the area. If people find the area unsightly - a city of strip mines - they will not be inclined to move into the area. They will choose somewhere else. The cost of strip mines in the Colorado Springs front range in terms of air quailty, public safety, recreational assets, area attractiveness, and wildlife habitat, greatly out weigh the low cost of building materials. Please do not permit the Snyder Quarry to be admended.