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~ • III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII RECEIVED FEB 0 7 2001 Division of Minerals and Geology February 2, 2001 Mined Land Reclamation Division Attention: Erica Crosby 1313 Sherman St Denver, CO 80203 RE: Case: S & H Mine Dear Ms. Crosby: This letter is in response to the USR Permit #3601 application by Platte Sand and Gravel, LLC, regarding a permit for a concrete, asphalt, precast batch plant and general mining operation. I am adamantly opposed to the application, and I hope to convince the Weld County Planning Commission and the Weld County Commissioners to reject USR #1306 outright, primarily because of multiple violations and discrepancies and inconsisten- cies with the Weld County Comprehensive Plan and Weld County Zoning Ordinance. My family previously owned approximately 1552 acres of this permit site, now owned by Mr. Tom Sharkey. We operated this farm and ranch land under the name Scottdale Ranches for 31 years. Previously this was the Haystack Angus Ranch for many years. Platte Sand and Gray application that this land prime agricultural land. used for irrigated crops. as a rotational crop), 58 grass. The average crop px irrigated crop with total have records dating back tc ly, this land has not be Sharkey. ~1 has made the outrageous statement in the is "not productive crop land". This indeed is Historically 368 acres of this land have been 127 acres have been used for alfalfa (and corn acres in grass/alfalfa mix and 183 acres in oduction has historically been 3.5 tons/acre of iverage yield of 1288 tons of alfalfa/grass. I 1988 corroborating these yields. Unfortunate- en cared for and has been neglected by Mr. There is adequate water for irrigation and agriculture, which includes 31 shares of Western Mutual Ditch (7 of these shares are Hughes and Cook) and 8 irrigation wells with pump rates approximating 900 GPM. Additionally, this land has historically been home to a 550 head cow/calf operation (350 pair leave for summer pasture May through October).