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/yi ~aa3 a/G <br />U6JP~~~rn <br />~f~{~ <br />May 15, 2003 <br />To: Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />From: William Gee <br />8995 Road 25 <br />Fort Lupton, CO 80621 <br />C~"~ <br />RECEIVED \ <br />MAY 192003 <br />Division of Minerals and Geolo'y <br />Re: Heit Sand and Gravel Mine Permit -Located Weld County Road 25 and 20'/z <br />All Concerned: <br />Please accept this letter of protest related to above permit request. There are many reasons this <br />permit should be refused at this time. The most detrimental problem is the truck traffic it will <br />create in a small area where three existing pits are presently working on a one mile stretch of <br />Road 25, with an additional mine and pre-mix plant near the intersection of Road 25 and 18. <br />There have been 2 fatalities and numerous accidents at Road 18 and Highway 85 in the last year, primarily <br />caused by truck traffic created by gravel trucks and in addition to many oil field trucks. Road 18 is the <br />only river crossing in this area, causing too much congestion already, without the addition of the Heit mine <br />which plans to have 156 tracks traveling the same route during daylight hours. <br />Many other problems will exist such as dust, noise, odor (proposed asphalt plant) wild-life disturbance, <br />water being eliminated from faun irrigation, water table being interrupted for local domestic wells that are <br />shallow wells, and water drainage elimination due to reservoir construction and bernt. All this in addition <br />to the disruption of many homes which enjoy a rural life. <br />I have lived on the farm just south of the Heit property since 1962 and do not want to move. The additional <br />problems this mine will create will also hurt real estate values and harm the lifestyle of all local residents. <br />The water rights being changed from agriculture to commercial (forevermore) will damage the financial <br />structure of the Lupton Meadow Irrigation Co. and prevent the use of the water by other stock holders. <br />Also, there are a number of wild-life inhabitants in the area including eagles, deer, geese, ducks, pheasants, <br />chukars, coyotes,-ard even wild turkey. - - <br />I know that I have made this letter too long and you probably won't take time to read everything, but <br />anyhow I want to enclose a recent article published iu our local newspaper that explains the genera] feeling <br />of all of our neighbors. <br />Please do not grant this permit in the near future. <br />Sincerely, <br />_ i <br />~V~~%~~ <br />William Gee <br />/,..L~•r <br />