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F:ICS l9 .. ~ O ~ ~ _.. lSl I P'. ail O .~a ~cde • A•!r. John N. Reese District Engineer US Corps of Engineers 1325 J Street Sacramento, CA 95S14-2922 Re: Public Notice r* 199475200 Dear Dfr. P.eese: Ai;G 1 3 i~~ pENVER OFFICE Please consider my concerns with respect to the above referenced Public Notice, specifically as they apply to ;~(ountain Redi ~'lix and its application to renecc its permit for excavation and the activities related to minim gravel from the Thomas I'it located on the Animas River. I own the SO acres immediately beloc~• the Mountain Redi A'Iix/Thomas I'It. \!y property spans both sides of the river for approximate)}' 7200-1300 ft. I am confounded that I only learned of this application from my next door neighbor there in Durango on Alarch 2;. .Although I reside in Atlanta Ga. S months a year, all mail is forwarded to me there, and I received no such notification. I a~ncur with another neighbor, AIr. Schlittgen's asse~~ment, tlizt it i~ indeed irregular that those I-.eigl~bors most impacted by this operation ~:'ould have been il,advertentl~,~ left off the notification list. In view of the limited time available to respond, my concerns include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Noise polution and VISUaI pOlLltlOn - In light of the chan~in~ reaidentual profile of that part of the valley and the pmpc,-t}• values slated thereto. 2. Loss of prime irrigation water from thc• i1'allace ditc}t, no~t~ }ugh and dry due to the diversion of the east channel of the r~nlRlaS P.iver, attributable to the gravel operation \'[5' O:at2r ClohtS inClUde .2~ cfc from that ditch. [have IS to 20 acres that are not irrigable as a result. `,everal neighbors have lost water from that ditch and these damages should be remedied and similar potential impacts to others must be protected before they are allo«•ed to continue. 3. Negative effects upon the water Iluality and the «ater table, ir. addiliun to the possible exces,ive and irregular stream baak errosion caused by the Pit.