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RECE[~JE® <br />Anthony J. Waldron <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 . <br />Dear Mr. Waldron: <br />APR 1 2 2Q02 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />I am a 41-year-old woman with asthma. Every day for 36 years I have taken <br />some form of medication to reduce the amount and severity of the attacks. <br />Growing up in a small industrial area of California I was often rushed to the <br />hospital with breathing problems as a child. With cleaner air and modern <br />medication I've been able to keep my asthma somewhat under control. My <br />doctor has notified me that my health and life will be drastically improved <br />by moving to an area with clean, fresh air, exactly what my 300 acres in <br />Pueblo county afford. Which brings me to writing you this letter of sincere <br />concern: <br />My dreams and my health are on the verge of being destroyed by a decision <br />that money is the most important possesion on earth. I do not want to <br />begrudge anyone of making a living, but at what cost are we willing to <br />sacrifice our more necessary needs? Without pure water and air nothing can <br />survive and no amount of money will quench our thirst or allow us to take a <br />deep breath. An asthma attack is very much like having a pillow firmly <br />pressed over your mouth and then covered by a plastic bag. The panic you <br />feel by not being able to gasp for air, no matter how hard you inhale, is <br />overwhelming. <br />I can hardly keep from crying when I think there might be a cement plant <br />built in my back yard that will admittedly emit thousands of tons of <br />pollutants into our fresh air. Please understand that no amount of money is <br />worth this loss. Let's not become a society that will allow money to take <br />from us what money can not buy. It would be shameful to allow a company <br />to come into our pristine area and turn its citizens into generations of sick <br />children with medical costs through the roof. More than what we owe on <br />our homes or cars, we owe to our children, bothers, sisters, mothers and <br />fathers to allow them some place they can take a breath with out painful <br />coughing. <br />