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~oxl~re ~arnis Fox Fire Farms 5733 Rd. 321 lgrtaclo, Colorado 81137 Rhone: 970634675 FAX: 970~663~9425 Visit our Web alts at tittp://www.foxfiretannscom November26, 2004 Division of Minerals an3 Grology 1313 Sherman Street Room 215 M, 200[{. ~ ~(03 Denver, CO 80203 1JV N"C R.E. Hocker Construction Gravel Pit Deair Sirs; I am an adjacent landowner to the proposed Hocker Gravel Pit, located directly to the south and sharing a common boundary of %. of a nrile. After reading the narrative l~believe that there aze several points that need to be clarified. 1. The area was. characterized as industrial /commercial in nature which is not true. The area is rural residential /agricultural. There aze 6 homes in close proximity to the proposed operation. All the homes being located to the east of the proposed operation, in the path of prevailing winds. The Gosney Pit, The SUIT Jefferson Pit and La Plata County gravel operations cited in the narrative aze located from 1 to 2 miles to the northwest of the proposed operation. Agricultural, rural ranchetts and homes are the more dominate characteristics of the azea. 2. I.a Plata County road 32I is dangerously narrow and has severe curves leading up the ridge tap location of the proposed operation. 3. The ridge top location is also of concern because of the visual impact. La Plata county has existing regulations regarding "ridge-lining that address this impact ." (Copy attached) Finally, of a more personal concern, my ranching and farming operation is in the process of being certified organic by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. A certified organic operation requires a `buffer zone" b_ etween itself aad sources. of contamination, such as the proposed gravel pit:' I am requesting that in the event of approvai,~the graves operations come no closer than a %a .mile to,tstY ProP,~Y ko~dazY• . , _ Richard S. Pant' --