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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 ~~OF~CO~O,p7 nFOn ^T~,, F1JT (1F NATI IRGI gF.C(IIIR(:ES :;-~"~_s° Commissioners .~ ~- -e~~ Governor Ricnartl D. Lamn to hold hearing File i, on gravel quarry Uperai DdY.e: PnuInIM~~~nd~~on Daily Sentinel SDecie Suuje Type Perso SUf4f•1A (~tev The Mesa County commissioners ~ have said they'll take another look at a conditional use permit they is- sued three years ago fora contro- versial gravel quarry in Unaweep o Canyon. ~ The commissioners said at a work session Monday they plan to hold a public hearing on whether the permit should be revoked, but d, that a time and date probably won't beset until next week In the meantime, the commission- - ers have agreed to send a letter to the Colorado Departmentpf Health recommending that agency deny a request by John and Marilyn Schmahl to expand their operation. The Schmahls own the property where the quarry is located, about 14 miles from U.S. 50 into [he can- yon on Colorado 141. Not only are they asking for an expansion of the permit they hold controlling air quality, they've also asked the state Division of Mined Land Reclama- tion to allow them to expand the quarry area. Mesa County Attorney Lyle De- chant filed a preliminary•injunc- tion last month in Mesa County Dis- trio Court against the Schmahls, - and against L.G. Everest, Inc. of Golden, to stop mining operations - there. The injunction was filed just as Everest was completing a con- - tract to supply rock for riprapping for the road construction project in - De Beque Canyon. _ Scott Miller monitors air pollu- tion levels locally for the stale. He says he's concerned about the im- D;8 . no more than zu [rotas woma oe hauling rock along Colorado 141 Doc. iVU. t Cald~~ 423 Cent Sentinel Action Desk "I opposed the (new) permit because they left itopen-ended," said Scott Miller, district engineer for the state's local Air Pollution Control Division. pacts of an expanded quarry opera- tion. "I opposed the (new) permit be- cause they IeR i[open-ended," said Miller, district engineer for the state's local Air Pollution Control ~ Division. ' Miller said the application men- tions such things as blasting and top soil removal with no plan oC how dust would be controlled. He said the state will be receiving pub- lic comments on the proposed per- roitapplication until June 14. "We need to know what they are planning on doing because it (the quarry operation) is a pollutioi generator; 'said Miller. A ruling is still pending on a nq lice of violation of air quality is sued April 10 by the Mesa County Health Department, Miller said. Findings should be public later this month. Carl Mount, reclamation special- ist for the Colorado Division of Mined Land Reclamation, said he was contacted last week by Ed Lip- ton, the Schmahls' attorney, who said he was putting the application together for the Schmahls. Howev- Pleasecheck Quarry, page 2B allow the quarry to be mined for such.~yrojects. o `~' N v N ~o a c 0 n OI m ~~ so Nn ~~ '2 D Fp ~s a 0 0 (303)866-3567 ~1 Grand function