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<br /> <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII i <br />999 <br />..-~ .,-~ <br />April 4, 1996 <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />Denver_ Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Sirs: <br />r-~Fr,~~v~D <br />APR 0 n 1996 <br />Division of M~nerais & Geology <br />I'm writing in regards to the certified letter I received from United Companies, regarding <br />the proposed Gravel Pit described in the public notice article enclosed. <br />I'm very much opposed to the operation. I own 162 ace ranch on the West side of this <br />pit. I'm not sure why all the property owners in this area have to suffer, with constant <br />dust, heavy equipment, truck noise cost thur property taxes to maintain the county and <br />state highways that these truck ruin due to constant gravel hauls to the Telluride area. I <br />also understand there is no reclamation to be considered with this project. Our property <br />values well go down extensively, while some outfit comes into our county and profits big <br />time. San Miguel County has a building regulation, that no homes will be built on the <br />skylines, so why should this ugly monster equipment and dust pit be allowed any different <br />privileges. Yes I'm aware the pit is suppose to be Montrose County, but this is on the <br />county line adjacent to San Miguel County, homes only being 200 feet to approximately''/2 <br />mile away. We've lived with the gravel pit in the past, but it was only being used for <br />county roads, the use was very short time with no crushing, until Skelton took over the <br />pit, that's when we started getting dusted every day from the easterly winds in the AM <br />hours, that wasn't enough, but then the all night crushing, heavy truck traffic, on the road <br />where school buses and local residents traveled daily. The entrance to this pit in on a hill <br />with a blind corner. Now were talking a new owner with expectations of a 24 hour <br />operation for the next 20 years. <br />I would hope that you would give a lot of consideration into this matter, before allowing <br />such an operation to go on without some consideration for the families living in this <br />immediate area. <br />Sincerely, <br />Gladys Bennett <br />Land Owner <br />