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<br />-will the County trucks use `'Jake Brakes "? <br />-basically , it is accidents waiting to happen. <br />2. Dust and Air Pollution <br />Six oral comments and five letters commented on dust and air pollution issues related to gravel <br />operations and gravel truck traffic. <br />-dust is a concem <br />-what specific measures will be taken to meet applicable air quality standards? What <br />standards apply? <br />-monitoring of dust is a concem, monitor has a vested interest in not seeing any violations <br />-who monitors the monitor? <br />-how does the BLNVwe know that Montezuma County will meet the dust criteria <br />standazds required by the Colorado Depaztment of Health? <br />-how can the BLM say that the County will comply with the law and that no major air <br />quality impacts are anticipated? <br />-anticipate a lot of dust, too much. <br />-blowing sand from covered gravel trucks creating a hazard on the road, especially on <br />curves. <br />-predawn operations to avoid dust detection in past operations. <br />-past violations of Colorado State Health Department standards. How do you know the <br />County will meet Colorado Department of Health standards? <br />-need a more detailed analysis of dust than in the current EA. <br />-could explain how a fogger works <br />-will the fogger be required to be installed prior to operations? <br />-will a surfactant agent be used and is it environmentally safe? <br />-surface use permit stipulation be included stating that the fogger system must be used <br />during all potential dust generating operations. <br />-the County can not be trusted to objectively determine when dust generation would <br />require the use of a dust abatement system. The only assurance that the system <br />will be used when it is needed is if it is required to always be used. <br />-the use of a engineered fogger system does not insure that state health levels of <br />particulate emissions will not be exceeded, therefore, a continuous air monitoring <br />station should be required. The air monitoring station must be operated by an <br />independent entity such as the State Health Department. If monitoring determines <br />that state health levels are being exceeded, then, operations must be discontinued <br />and the Free Use Permit voided. <br />-require the use of an engineered fogger system during all dust producing operations. <br />-proposed operation is adjacent to a commercial organic apple orchard operation. The <br />drift of agents from the gravel operation onto the orchard could be a nuisance that <br />potentially causes great injury for which the county would be held liable. <br />-any synthetic herbicides or pesticides which drift onto [he orchard could directly cause <br />the loss of the organic certification for a period of three yeazs, rendering the apple <br />crop unmarketable. <br />-dust onto the apple trees and apple crop could require the washing of the crop in order to <br />