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.~ <br />i <br />n <br />02/16/2085 06:35 9162787686 <br />CSL~ PHYSICS/ASTRON <br />PAGE 03 , <br />~~P grades on the roads Present additional safety concerns which wauid <br />~ particularly severe during the rain and show s~sons. <br />In addition, there are many other significant Poteri~fal health and safety <br />issues from such a large quany operetion. For example, there ~ s ~, <br />good potential for large boulders to be dislodged fipm the diffs by the <br />quarry operation and fail on residents, destroy homes or agricuRural land. <br />The vast disruption and destniction pf the environment can and will have <br />major negative impacts on the e»~+irortment in the future, Denuding the <br />land is known to cause rods and mud slides in times or rain and snow <br />roads etc. ids s nnlfica flash floods M destroy homes, agricultural land, <br />-S ntly increased. <br />5. Noise Pollution The quarry rock da~bpment wail cause major noise <br />pollution from the ripping of shale badr+ock by bulldozers, the pushing of <br />upped material down slopes to collection areas, the processing of material <br />through an eledric rock crusher powered by diesel generators, the <br />breaking of rocks by pneumatic hammers run bydiesel-powered <br />compressors, and the loading of dump trucks and semis for transport. <br />This is not the community that we selected for a retirement, family home <br />site. <br />6. Alr Quality and Pollution -Health and Environment Issues This rock <br />quarry wiN cause major problems with air quality given the dust and fumes <br />produced. Breathing the dust caused by the quarry operation (ripping of <br />bedrock, pushing material down slope to stockpiles and loading rock). <br />Equally harmful are the fumes from the diesels. These issues present <br />major health concerns - especaNy for people with lung problems, <br />allergies, eye problems, etc.. Because the area is currently a grovring <br />residential area, where families and retirees are building homes, <br />authorizing an industrial venture that will cause significant negative health <br />hazards to residents is unconscionable. <br />In addition to the health issues described above, the dust and fumes from <br />quarry operation wilt cause significant air pollution and change the prdstine <br />dear environment to agrey-brown, dust and fumes polluted environment. <br />Needless to say, we did not purchase property to view grey-brown skies, <br />to inhale toxic fumes, nor to feel the scratching burning sensation of the <br />dust in our eyes -this is not consistent with the community's current <br />development. <br />7. The Buttes Bannon is planning to remove strata from the top of the <br />sandstone difis. One of the many features of our property was having our <br />property extend up the Butte. To have Benson Brothers extracting rocks <br />and removing one of the main attractions is not acceptable. To physicaNy <br />impact the natural beauty and formations i8 a disgrace to environmental <br />planning and geological and environmental preservation. <br />