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1- 8-D1;1t'35aM;EIOm Con Inc. . ;97C 2a5 7716 <br />Accord sought on~sup>7</st~ravel pit plamtedon river near Rifle <br />~~~,6~'° Paulson, a consulting civil engineer for [he city, If something happens, <br />the city's costs of treatl~g the water from the Colorado could increase. <br />tt 2/ 2 <br />Page 2 of Z <br />As many as 18 gravel pits have either been approved or are in operation <br />between Rifle and New Castle. <br />Roaring Fork Resources has applied for a county special-use permit, <br />another of the seven permits it will need. But Building and Planning <br />Director Mark Bean said it was not technically complete. <br />'We want the company to get all the other permits it needs (first," Bean <br />said, before the application is presented to the planning and zoning <br />commission and then the county commissioners. <br />a <br />A co-owner of an adjacent gravel pit, Doug Grant of Grant Brothers <br />Construction, had several concerns about the new competitor. His main <br />question was how Roaring Fork Resources will operate. <br />"I've been in the business in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1969, and <br />I've seen some operators who don't care about wildlife or recycling <br />gravel" and concrete, Grant said. 'They want to run 24 hours a day, <br />seven days a week and that just doesn't work for the wildlife. When <br />some people say gravel pits are offensive and unwholesome, I tend to <br />agree and I'm in the business." <br />Grant said his company has always taken extra steps to protect the <br />en ronment and wildlife and prevent erosion. He also worried that the <br />mu larger pit and company "could potentially put us out of business" by <br />offenng lower prices. <br />I home I news I sports I money I health I community I marketplace I <br />By using tills service you accept the terms M our vlshor agreement. Please rem. <br />Regi6tered site u5ets. IO edl[ your personal prohle, click h~rg. <br />~~~_yyyy~®Copyright 2001 s,D.![_IRrflAC.dYe Metlia 8 Th~Daily Senfinel 1 FeedpSCk <br />~r UPDATED: Pnvecv POLGV I Abou this crts <br />http://www.gjsentinel.com/auto/teed/news/Iocal(2001101107/978844046.10461.I44S.0166.html 1 /8/01 <br />