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Fox Fire Farms <br />~:~. ; _;. <br />Fox Fire Fa-ms <br />5733 Rd. 321 <br />Igrtacio, Colorado 81137 <br />Phone: 97!}563-4675 FAX: 970663-9425 <br />Visit our Web side at HttpJ/www.foxfirefamts.com <br />November 26, 2004 <br />1Jivision of ivlinerals an3 Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street Room 215 M, Z00[}, , Q(o3 <br />Denver, CO 80203 _ <br />R.E. Hocker Construction Gravel Pit W ~~ <br />Dear Sirs; <br />I am an adjacent landowner to the proposed Hocker Gravel Pit, located directly to the south and <br />sharing a common boundary of/< of a wile. <br />Afiex reading the nan•ative I,believe that there aze several points that need to be clazified. <br />1. The azea was characterized asindustrial /commercial in nature which is not true. The azea is <br />rural residential /agricultural. There aze 6 homes in close proximity to the proposed operation. <br />All the homes being located to the east of the proposed operation, in the path of prevailing winds. <br />The Gosney Pit, The SUIT Jefferson Pit and La Plata County gravel operations cited in the <br />nan•ative aze located from 1 to 2 miles to the northwest of the proposed operation. Agricultural, <br />rural ranchetts and homes are the more dominate chazacteristics of the azea. <br />2. La Plata County road 321 is dangerously narrow and has severe curves leading up the ridge top <br />location of the proposed operation. <br />3. The ridge top location is also of concem because of the visual impact. La Plata county has <br />existing regulations regarding "ridge-lining that address this impact ." (Copy attached) <br />Finally, of a more personal concem, my ranching and farming operation is in the process of being <br />certified organic by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. A certified organic operation <br />requires a "buffer zone" between itself and sources of contamination, such as the proposed gravel <br />pit: I am requesting that in the event of approval,~the graves operations come no closer than a'/< <br />,mile to,my property.>Zoundary. . _ . _ <br />• Re azds,- .. <br />Richard E. Parry Gn~ <br />