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<br />November 18, 1997 <br /> <br />~ Ms. Levern Lemay <br />Minerals Program Assistant to the State of Colo. <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Herman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colo. 80203 <br />RE: Comment on Application for a Construction Materials <br />Regular Operation (112) Reclamation Permit by Daren Stone, <br />sole Proprietor of an enterprise called Stone Gravel Pit. <br />Proposed pit is located on 158.16 acres located on or near <br />Sections 12 & 13, Tier 35 North, Range 17 west, Neu Mexico <br />(10th) Principal Meridian. <br />Dear Ms. Lemay: <br />This comment letter is submitted by Mr. and Mrs. Buck Morris. <br />Our home is located approximately .3 miles east of the Stone <br />Gravel Pit. We object to this application for the reasons <br />set forth below. <br />~. 1. We feel the pit and the trucks that will be hauling the <br />material will cause a worse health problem to our household. <br />I, Betty Morris, have asthma and my elderly mother who lives <br />with us also has asthma, sevete allergies and alzhiemers <br />disease. I~have enclosed a section of the Revised Particulate <br />Matter Standards stateing the effects of dust on these <br />diseases. The dust is already a large problem in this area <br />without the addition of trucks hauling these materials con- <br />stantly. We also object to the use of chemicals to retard <br />dust as they are highly corrosive to vehicles. <br />2. We believe it will also result in a hazard to the local <br />children who must ride the school buses. Our grandchildren <br />are getting off the bus at our home, located at the inter- <br />section of County Rd. F and 21. They catch the bus on Rd. <br />21 approximately ~ mile from this intersection. These two <br />county roads are narrow and we fear this could result in an <br />accident, especially in the winter, or perhaps a child being <br />hit by a truck. <br />3. The land surrounding the pit has always been rangeland, <br />agricultural or residential. we do not want it to become an <br />i industrial or mining area. We moved here over 25 years ago <br />for the peace, quiet and solitude. we and many others have <br />used this proposed p1t area for recreation for at least 25 <br />years that we know of. People enjoy horseback riding, ATV <br />