Laserfiche WebLink
Submitted by: J. Mersch Wazd <br />July 13, 2003 <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd <br />Application for Construction Materials <br />Regulaz 112 Operation Reclamation Permit <br />Haldorson and Sons, Inc., Sand and Gravel Mine, Processing facilities and Concrete and <br />Asphalt Plants. File No M-2003-037 <br />Dated: Apri12003 <br />The following comments aze submitted for review and consideration <br />GENERAL OVERVIEW <br />Haldorson and Sons, Inc. is proposing a mining operation of considerable magnitude. <br />The planned mine is by open pit, with the total length of one mile by a width of one- <br />quartermile. They intend to extract and process 10.6 million tons of ore over the life of <br />the mine. Not only do they plan to crush and screen gravel on site, it is also planned that <br />concrete and asphalt will be manufactured on site. The magnitude of this project is <br />nothing short of a mine, mill and fabrication (refinery) center. The planned operation will <br />be one of the lazgest mines in Montrose County and historically will be one of the lazgest <br />to have operated. <br />The location of the proposed mine is in a rural residential and agriculture azea with an <br />adjoining residential subdivision and six nine hundred people living within two miles of <br />the site. This operation can have an adverse effect on these people and many more down <br />wind or down gradient from this site. <br />The company has made their proposal without obtaining base line information as to the <br />existing conditions on the site. They have only limited regional weather data and no <br />knowledge of subsurface water, air quality or noise. <br />The Montrose area valley is subject to high winds during the spring and eazly months of <br />summer. It can be assumed that this operation will add significant amounts of fugitive <br />dust during this period and will have an adverse effect on the valley av, restricting both <br />visibility and life functions. Without an understanding of the existing conditions the <br />State cannot regulate dust control on this operation and provide for the general health and <br />safety of the surrounding population. <br />The planned operation will contain an asphalt plant and the use of numerous pieces of <br />heavy equipment. The plant and the equipment will exhaust particulate matter and fumes <br />that can be hazardous to ones health. Without an appropriate base line the State will not <br />be able to regulate these activities. <br />It has been assumed that the mining operation will not encounter ground water. This <br />assumption is most likely incorrect. Numerous springs lie down gradient from this site to <br />