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i' <br />kiln dust so that it would not be released into the atmosphere and water shed; to persuade <br />the company to install a truck wash so that cement spills on the tops of transports would <br />be removed before the trucks entered traffic on Highway 66; to insure that traffic on <br />Highway 66 is maintained at a reasonable level; to seek solutions to poor housekeeping <br />practices at the cement plant; and to ferret out reasons for the cracks in the regulatory ` <br />process. Enormous progress has been made. Complaints about air quality have been <br />quieted; and residents are grateful to the Watchdogs, the Task Force, the Boulder County <br />Health Department, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the <br />press, the County Commissioners, Senator Campbell, Representative Saliman, John Lohr, <br />the employees at Cemex-Lyons, and many others. <br />This tapestry of success may be about to take a giant step backwards in the interest of <br />Cemex-Lyons saving money on fuel bills at the expense of our lungs and our health and <br />the good will we so laboriously built. Is Cemex-Lyons courting the State and public by <br />claiming that the company wants to help Colorado reduce the stockpile of tires? Does <br />Cemex-Lyons truly believe that we will sit in silence while the company burns waste that <br />may be hazardous? We have witnessed, through the Task Force, that a model of <br />cooperative effort between citizens, government, and industry is possrble. Cementos de <br />Mexico; however, is far removed from Boulder County geographically; far removed from <br />the magnificent St. Vrain Valley with its legacy of geological and ecological measures. <br />Cementos de Mexico appears arrogant and uncaring by venturing i~o its fire busing <br />project without providing even a single paragraph of information to the public. <br />We all remember the terrifying story of the family in the St. Main Valley who had to keep <br />the windows of thew house closed for ten years because fugitive cement kiln dust was <br />entering through the windows. We remember, too, how thankful this family was when <br />tbe fugitive dust was appropriately contained and appropriately regulated, thanks to the <br />Watchdogs and the Task Force. Let's not ~ gently imo this situation allowing Cementos <br />de Mexico to manipulate this family and the rest of us in Boulder County into harm's <br />way again <br />I sincerely hope that this questionable situation of fire burning at Cemex-Lyons maybe <br />resolved in a speedy and cooperative manner, and I hope that the Health Department and <br />the Task Force and Cemex-Lyons may abide by the spirit of the Memorandum of <br />Understanding: <br />"To work for the benefit of the general public" <br />Sincerely, <br />Richard Cargill <br />Executive Director <br />St Vrain Valley Community Watchdogs <br />