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<br />March 22, 2002 <br />RE~EI~~~'~ <br />MAR 2 9 ~ pis' <br />Re: GCC Rio Grande, Inc. Mining Permit Application <br />division ofMiner~!s ~~~'=--`=?Y <br />We are writing in regard to the proposed GCC Rio Grande Cement <br />Plant, to be located three miles South of Pueblo, Colorado. <br />We live within a mile of this proposed location at 2990 Lime Road <br />South.. We have lived here. for 47 years on 254 acres of ranching and <br />farnvng land. We are enclosing a map to help you see the locations. <br />We are asking your help in NOT granting Rio Grande permits to build <br />this plant. We aze not opposed to jobs for Pueblo. We are opposed to <br />pollution of the air, ground, and water, and the blasting. <br />The dust contamination of this cement plant will be harmful to our <br />health and hues. Some may not think this important just collateral <br />casualties, but our health is very meaningful to us: The dust will pollute the <br />air, ground, grass water, and everything. We live in a beautiful area with the <br />St. Charles River running through our land. <br />We derive our domestic and irrigation water from the St. Charles <br />River: The blasting will contaminate and fracture the river's shale bottom, <br />cisterns, damage wells; as well as, the foundations of homes and buildings. <br />The crops and prairie grass will be coated with cement. We have <br />deer, antelope, as well as every other kind of wild life in this area. The <br />domestic animals will not be able to eat the grass or breath the dusty air. I <br />hope you are getting the picture. <br />Rio Grande is a Mexico based company. They will bring their own <br />subcontractors to build this plant, and bring in their own people for labor. <br />The profits will go back to Mexico. -For all the people they hire in this area, <br />they will destroy the lively hood of many more. <br />Pueblo has a large number of people with respiratory problems and <br />other healthy problems. We don't need more. <br />Think carefully, you represent all the people to protect and guard our <br />lives, our liberty, and most of all our most precious necessities of air and <br />water. <br />Why should we worry about foreign Government's bombing us when <br />we have Politicians of Colorado conspiring to destroy our lives and livelihood <br />with this DIRT BOMB. <br />