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<br />To: Colorado Division'of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />Denver. CO 80302 <br />From: Deborah K. Landers <br />PO Box 881084, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 <br />970/870-3069 <br />Re: Camilletti Pit #2 Objection, File No. M-2001-023 <br />June 14,2001 <br />This is my statement to show how I would be affected by the Mine Land Reclamation Board's <br />decision to approve a gravel mine permit for Camilletti & Sons at the confluence of Trout Creek <br />and the Yampa River. <br />I object to the fact that Routt County residents near the site and downstream have already been <br />aggrieved by Routt County Commissioner approval of the gravel mine based on wrong floodplain <br />and incorrect dewatering information. If this application is approved, based on previous erroneous <br />studies and reports then my neighbors and I will suffer at the hands of the State as well. All <br />involved will experience pain and suffering caused by knowing that persons in power can make <br />decisions based on reports filled with misstatements and errors. In the interest of fairness for all <br />and to avoid having more aggrieved residents, please demand the truth from the applicant and <br />consider the comments of experts in the fields of wetlands science and water resource engineering <br />that will be presented. <br />I object to the gravel mine being approved in a floodplain. Dr. George McCoy states in his <br />analysis that the information in the applicant's 100-Yeaz Floodplain Delineation mapping is not <br />correct. It does not appear to have been verified in anyway. I want the information verified to be <br />assured that silt ponds, fuel, equipment and the entire mine site is not in the floodway or floodplain. <br />In the event of a 100-year flood or even a 50-year flood, I will be "affected" by contamination of <br />the river, contamination of my private water well and destruction of my recreational pleasures <br />downsveam from the potential disaster. <br />As it also relates to the floodplain, I object to application approval of the mine site and its use of <br />fuel, oil and other contaminants that may enter the wateRable from which my water supply may <br />come. The applicant cannot ensure adequate protection of ground water quality within [he affected <br />land and surrounding area in the event of leaking trucks or unintentional spill of contaminants <br />being used at the site. I want assurance that the mine site and its contaminants are not located in <br />the floodway or floodplain. I want DMG to demand and scrutinize the applicant's plan for <br />preventing contaminants used (notjust stored) at the mine site from entering the groundwater. <br />I object to application approval of the mine when there is unknown potential for impacts to the <br />groundwater. I know I am slightly downstream from the mine site and that no one has done a <br />comprehensive evaluation of the alluvial aquifer that will be mined and dewatered. Although I am <br />more than 600 feet from the mine site, I believe that I will be "affected" when 750,000 gallons of <br />water is taken from the watertable and my well dries out for even a part of the summer. This may <br />cause material injury to me and by neighbors who own and operate private wells in the town of <br />Milner. <br />I object to application approval of the mine when water drawdown affects wetlands, cottonwood <br />trees and other riparian vegetation that provides healthy habitat for wildlife. I will be "affected" <br />when trees die and wildlife moves elsewhere. I love nature and this loss will be a cause of pain and <br />suffering for me when the mine desvoys their habitat and they leave. <br />