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iii iiiiiiiiniii iii <br />6410 N County Road 27 <br />Loveland, CO 80538 <br />December 1, 2000 <br />Carl Mount <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />RECEIVED <br />DEC 0 4 2000 <br />Giuision of Minerals and Geology <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Mount: <br />We understand that Glenn Southwick, doing business as the <br />Masonville Stone has applied for a permit to expand his quarry <br />operation to 9.9 acres from the 2.5 acres for which he currently <br />has a permit. <br />We live directly across the road on 27, and have concerns <br />regarding issuing a permit for further expansion of this quarry, <br />and request that you do not grant this permit just on the basis <br />that it has been applied for, and quarrying is ongoing. <br />It appears that this quarry is already operating on over 2.5 <br />acres; we understand that this is a fact known to the county, and <br />perhaps the state. We do not think that granting a permit for <br />more area to quarry, without a review, is the appropriate action <br />in this case. That would be like giving an automatic reward for <br />an illegal infringement. <br />One of our greatest concerns about the Masonville Stone operation <br />is way they have handled the leftover rocks and gravel on the <br />north side of their quarry on County Road 29. The discard rocks <br />have simply been pushed over the side, sliding down a steep cliff <br />above Missouri Creek. It has been a "quick fix" handling of <br />unwanted material for Masonville Stone, but it looks very <br />unstable, and one has to be concerned about the impact on this <br />stream now, and definitely what it might be in a year when we had <br />high water in this area. A stream once damaged is not a quick <br />fix, and would affect those downstream. We question whether this <br />is an approved practice of disposal near a stream. <br />Our home was built in 1982 when there was no active quarry on <br />this Masonville Stone site, so for us it was not a question of <br />knowing what we were dealing with when we built. There have been <br />practices and changes that have caused distress and concern to <br />us: <br />Having Trucks come to pick up rock, parking on the side of <br />the road on the north edge of our propety with their engines <br />running all night. <br />Watching trailers being hauled in for workers to live in <br />which are not nearly compatible with the other type of homes <br />