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1'~°~ Audrey Amey <br />21086 Brimstone Road <br />Cedaredge, COS 1413 <br />970-856-6188 <br /> <br />January 5, 2006 <br />Subject: Objection to the Benson Brothers Red Shale Quarry in C j eA Canyort~ <br />Mr. Steve Shuey ~/ <br />rD' ; Division of Minerals and Geology ~ <br />101 S. 3rd Street. Room 301 JAN 0 6 , ~ <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />Deaz Mr. Shuey <br />mead Cn a~ <br />,~~ <br />I have been able to enjoy the peace and quiet of my home for 21 years. I have been able <br />to enjoy opening doors and windows during the summer and have been able to enjoy <br />eating, reading and visiting with family, friends and neighbors on our wrap around deck. <br />I have a breathing problem and am severely allergic to dust. Since we live almost <br />directly above the proposed Benson Brothers quarry site, and, as you know winds are up <br />slope during the day, this is a grave concern of mine. <br />My second concern is that the area beneath us and to the north and west is a honeycomb <br />of coal seams from the old Red Canyon mine. Not being a "rocket scientist" I have to <br />wonder what impact the constant heavy truck tragic and vibration of the crusher couid <br />have on those seams. <br />Since the concerns of the Coalby Canyon residents seem to be so varied, I feel that before <br />any permits are issued, or any work begins, Benson Brothers should be required to hire a <br />reputable firm to do an Environmental Impact Statement. Certainly by doing so it might <br />allay some, if not all, of the concerns the "Resident's" might have, or put an end to this <br />project. The latter preferred. <br />As a homeowner living in Coalby Canyon, I wish to state my strenuous objections to this <br />operation and request tfiat you deny this permit. I wish to be made a party to the <br />proceeding, I wish to be on the mailing list, and would like for a prehearing conference to <br />beheld in Cedazedge. Please have the prehearing conference include a tour of the site to <br />which all parties aze included. Please schedule a hearing on the application, for all the <br />reasons stated in this protest, and set the hearing in Delta or Grand Junction, a location <br />convenient to the proposed project site. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ ~~ <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN t 7.26 <br />m.~oo of r and c~mev <br />