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' <br /> Pikeview Quarry Environmental Assessment Page 7 <br /> <br /> County, Colorado, supported the proposed reclamation plan through a resolution dated <br /> Februazy 7, 2000. <br /> Several comments were received in response to the public notification, some <br /> supporting the application and some objecting for various reasons. A review of the letters <br /> received and press articles showed that the concerns could generally be grouped into one of <br />' four categories; traffic and transportation, visual impacts, dust, and noise caused by <br /> additional blasting. Although traffic, noise, and dust impacts will occur at the same level as <br /> they occur currently, those impacts will be felt for an extended period of time. The <br />' following paragraphs identify specific concerns received. <br />' 1.6.1 Traffic and Transportation <br /> Concerns raised regazding traffic and transportation included traffic safety, reduced <br /> visibility, dust, and blowing material during high winds, vehicle ingress and egress onto the <br /> Allegheny Road, and the safety hazards and road damage caused by extended truck traffic <br /> on Allegheny Road and neighboring roads. <br /> <br /> 1.6.2 Visuallmpacts <br />' Visually, the site will change from its present appeazance. Currently, the area has <br /> steep, raw banks comprised of decomposed granite and limestone. At the top of the banks <br /> are mature stands of Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and Rocky Mountain juniper. This will <br />' change as the layback operation commences, with the removal of the trees so the underlying <br /> material can be removed. During the removal of materials, it will look like a mining <br /> operation, with lazge machinery moving lazge amounts of material down towazds the base of <br /> the slope. Then, the hill will be graded to a slope of approximately two (horizontal) to one <br /> (vertical) and reclaimed with grasses, shrubs and trees planted as seedlings. To obtain the <br /> required slopes, it will be necessazy to mine past the existing cut onto National Forest <br /> System land which will enlazge the size of the existing raw cut slopes. However, the <br /> horizon will not be altered as there are higher ridges that will not be affected by the <br /> proposed project. <br /> 1.6.3 Noise <br />' Noise caused by additional blasting during the layback operation was a concern for <br /> the adjacent residential communities. <br /> 4 Ai <br />Q <br />lit <br />1 <br />6 <br /> r <br />. <br />. <br />ua <br />y <br /> Air quality (primarily dust) was also mentioned as a concern for adjacent residential <br /> communities. <br /> <br />' Hydrosphere Resource Consultanu, 1002 Walnut Sweet Suire 200, Boulder, CO 80302 <br />1 <br />