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Riley Dunn, International Outfitter & Guide - 30 Yenrs 1407 3945 Lnne Pnonia, Colorado Colorado Division of Wildlife -Kirk Madariagn Po Box 426, Pnonia, Co. 81428-0426 cc: Deltn County Planning and Community Development cc: Colorado Department of Health Dear Sir, Mnm, We live near the North Fork of the Gunnison River just down stream of n proposed gravel mine expansion. Deltn County Planning & Community Development expnnsion request ~# SD02-003. Fnrnsworth Construction Grnvel Pits. We attended a meeting for this proposed expansion on February 18, 2002 In Paonia, Colorado. After the meeting several concerns came to mind. 1. There is a little confusion as to the status of this proposal. Expansion or new mine? At the meeting they presented this as a new and independent Permit separate from 8 ncres (mine permit #s MLRB M- 92-100.& MLRB M-82-154) that nre currently permitted and thnt bound the proposed 20 acre expansion. Is this an expansion or is it a new permit? The old mine has been inactive fora # of years yet they seem to cling to the option to put an asphalt plant & crusher on line there while saying that the new permit will have nothing to do with this type of operation or with the old permit. I think that the whole _ thing needs to be repermited due to the conflicting statements provided by the Farnsworths and the adjacent nature of the properties. Is it or isn't it an expansion? If yes then the entire project needs to be assessed. If it is a new mine what will be the deposition of the old mine? Will they be able to simply pull material from the new and process it at the old regardless of their assurances that they won't? The Farnsworths are very adamant that the old mine and all of its operations nre grandfathered in and not negotiable in the new permit. Yet the mine is played out under current regulations that don't allow mine water to leave the premises. 1