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~ s• St. Vrain Valley <br />~° >~'r Community Watchdogs <br />,may neighbors unite for clean air . <br />_ . •.... <br />{ • P fl Box 82lFiygiene/CO 80533-0082 <br />September 5, 2002. online at www.sriroinwalcbdogs.org <br />Ms. Erica S. Crosby <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology. <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Deaz Ms. Crosby, <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 13 2~2 <br />~l,,y 0¢ologV <br />pivision of ~toer~ <br />Thank you for your email regazding the inspection that you ate conducting at Cemex- <br />Lyons. _ <br />Here is our latest update. There have been at least 10 recent rreports filed with the <br />Boulder County Health Department from citizens in this community who have witnessed <br />fugitive dust emissions originating at Cemex-Lyons. (Ten reported incidents maybe a <br />conservative figure as many residents work during the hours of operation at the plant and <br />some dust events may go unreported.) I would emphasize that the County and State <br />regulatory agencies would not even be aware of these incidents if it were not for the <br />conscientious efforts of people in the community who take the time to report the incidents <br />they see to the Boulder County Health Department. We are chagrined and puzzled about <br />why citizens have to continue functioning in this watchdog role here. Something is <br />wrong with this process as the official regulators are 10 to 50 mites away, and would <br />never know that these incidents ever occurred <br />For decades,~emez Lyons Kasen unable fo contain. its airborne assault of toxic <br />substances that have blown into our homes, interjecting fear, anxiety, and disease into our <br />lives. This is completely intolerable. Each person in this community has the right to enjoy <br />a healthy and a safe environment. This is an agricultural community, and people came to <br />live here because of the peace, quiet, the natural beauty here; (and the fresh air that the St. <br />Vrain Valley should offer.) We aze fearful because we know the content of this industrial <br />------ - <br />wTvta dust fhaf setftes in our gaidens; our homes,-pitting the windshield of our <br />automobiles. We can only surmise what it is doing to our lungs. It seems dangerous that <br />the local regulatory agencies have not yet adopted effective provisions to correct the <br />slovenly management practices at Cemex-Lyons. The fact that the company has <br />improved is not safe enough. OSHA protects the employees at the plant, but we citizens <br />living on the windward side and our children attending the Hygiene school aze helpless <br />victims until an astute regulatory agency decides that enough is enough and comes to our <br />assistance. We are resting our hope in you. <br />"Pmtect what's erosut fo yam heart; your family, friends one yam tongs." <br />