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-~ <br />" • ~ ~I - III III III III I'II III <br />' Colorado Springs, Colors ~~~ C`til"1 <br />• 20 October 1977 ~~~,:; G4~ <br />Colorado Minsd Iand Reclamation aetrd ;~QV Z u 1g~7 <br />723 Centennial Building " <br />1313 8hermatl Street <br />Denver, Celerado 80203 MIND LAND RECIAMkT~ <br />Co1o.iUept. of Natural R6is4t!tc®s- <br />The undoreigned citizens respectfully request the ReclsmationBoard <br />to schedule a public hearing in Colorado Springs during xeek-end o evening <br />hours to consider our verbal objections to Castle concrete's pendi g <br />applications to continue mining activities in our community, <br />Our protest x111 stress several points ~~ <br />1, Public doenmepts filed by Castle concrete in Colorado Spr~ngs <br />at the El Paao County Clerk and Recorder's Office ezclude~ <br />reclamation plans from public scrutiny, These plans are <br />stamped "confidential", ~~ <br />2, Castle's actions apeak_louder than their words, The <br />eompar~y has xrought almost total devastation at Sgyder, i <br />Queen's Canyon, and P~keyiex quarries; clearly evident <br />to the casual oT.trained observer. <br />3. We request the Reclamation Board to inspect this devaetat on <br />and to reylev reclamation activities xithin the upper txe~ve <br />acres at Queen's Canyon xhich border on total failure after <br />many years,+~ i <br />4, Castle concrete shoaid be judged .en almost txo decades of~ <br />dismal reclamation performance, Surity should be signifi antly <br />increased to insure adequate reclamation. <br />5, Mining permits should be denied until Castle submits convincing <br />evidence of sneeessfyl.reelamation efforts xithin a realistic <br />time limit, <br />*see~ "A Report on Queen's Canyon Quarry" <br />Colorado Springs Park and Recreation Department i <br />Design and Development Division <br />Povember 1, 197 <br />• ~: i <br />t. _ t::~ <br />