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02i22i1994 11 24 Ff~OM US EPA <br />21710 Highway 550 South <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />(303) 249-1301 (Fs)/ (303) <br />February 8, 1994 <br />R8 WTR MGT DIU TO <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />sss <br />874-7614 x <br />Ms. Melanie Pallman <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />999 18th Street, Suite 500 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 BWM-C <br />Dear Ms. Pallman: <br />~~~{ -uvS <br />4 C~~VFp <br />DEB 2 2 1994 <br />- C~'~'~'e'~ eI TAinera~s t4 Geclony <br />I am writing this letter to inform you of my vehement opposition <br />of a gravel pit adjacent to my property by United Companies of <br />Grand Junction, CO (303) 243-4900/FAX (303) 243-5945. Their <br />Hstimator/Sales Representative is Mr. Sprague M. Mayger (303) <br />249-1815/ FAX (303) 249-2503 (with the Montrose address of 21830 <br />Highway 550 South 81401). <br />My family and neighbors are formally protesting the building of a <br />gravel pit along with its accompanying weigh station, concrete <br />and asphalt plants at 21830 Highway 550 South for the reasons of <br />health, safety, devaluation of property value, lost income, <br />destruction of priceless scenic beauty, and threat to endangered <br />species aad wildlife habitat_ ' <br />My family Would be the most detrimentally affected by this <br />project since it would be on1Y several hundred feet from our <br />front door and the winds would blow the dust right into our home. <br />Three of us have documentable respiratClY problems. My <br />grandmother has diminished lung capacity, Mom has chronic <br />bronchitis from an almost fatal bou: with pneumo.^.i a, and I have <br />recurring difficulty with sinusitis and bronchitis. Constant <br />exposure to dust would adversely impact our health and longevity. <br />The decibel level would also be detrimental for the three senior <br />citizens whose hearing is already diminishing. <br />No answers have been given as to how this operation would impact <br />our septic system, well and irrigation water and our vAgetable <br />garden. <br />Safety issues include increased traffic on an already heavily <br />congested U.S. Highway 550. A planned acceleration/deceleration <br />lane will endanger ALL commuters, especially school bus traffic. <br />The depth of the pits and the constant heavy equipment traffic <br />would threaten our families, pets, visitors and neighbors. <br />Neighbors use the existing access road to our. home to•go fishing <br />in South Canal and the Uncompahgre River which flow through our <br />property. ' <br />The southern section of Montrose County is prized for its prime <br />real estate but this Froject will cause our property value. to <br />plummet. In the almost fourteen Years of our ownership we have <br />98328106 P.01 <br />