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for approval." [Performance Standards; fj <br />In addition to children, many of the area's residents are senior citizens. Both <br />groups are identified as high risk groups when it comes to health concerns. The practice <br />of an ongoing noxious weed prcrgrmn will necessi~€ tl~ use aI'rrnrkiple <br />chemical sprayings. The canyon wind currents will carry airborne particles into resi- <br />dential azeas, placing our loved ones at increased risk of respiratory problems. <br />"Watering the. road.within the preperty as needed.will control dust from.truck <br />traffic," [Performance Standards; JJ <br />This action does not go far enough in addressing the problem of dust control. <br />Traffte dust will -make np a fr~aetien of the air po}lutien-created by this mining operation. <br />Bulldozers will breakout and shove large rocks to an onsite crushirrg and screening area, <br />where they will be broken up with pneumatic hammers and crushed by equipment <br />operated by diesel generators_ Dust created from these activities-wilt be far more dense <br />and continuous than that made by the trucks. The dust will col9ect within the carryon <br />walls, only to be carried by the wind currents throughout this rural/residential develop- <br />ment Clouds of dust are a visual eyesore _m this scearic setting, taut far more pressurg is <br />what these clouds will do to the health of residents who must breathe an ongoing assault <br />of air borne dust. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY: <br />"Crrrrrnt.use oftheprnpertyic yndereloperlrangeland,"[Page 1; Parngr~rh.3J <br />The cited parcel is predominately wooded with pinon pine and cedar forests, <br />located within a heavily populated rural/residential azea. Some of the pinon pine and <br />ccdaz trees aze hundreds of years trld and are very slow growing trees. They can aot be <br />replace through reclamation efforts. As Delta County continuous to attract new <br />residential growth, it is imperative that we act as good stewards of the land. Bensons <br />$rothers proposal to operate a rock mining quarry is in direct opposition to preserving <br />the integrity of Coatby Canyon. <br />"This property is in a rural area adjaeeat to an ezisting red shale mine and a coal <br />mine." [Performance Standards; AJ <br />This statement misrepresents the facts. While this is historically a rural area <br />within the county, the makeup of Coalby Canyon has unifier gore major changes slrrce <br />the 1980's when the Red Canyon Ivfine was closed. The proposed gravel quarry would <br />set in the midst of what is now a concentration of homes. Over 100 homes aze within a <br />mile of the site. <br />The wording of this proposal leads one .to believe that there are ongoing red <br />shale and coal mining operations adjacent to the proposed gravel quarry. Beklen's Red <br />Shale Pit #1, a very small mining operation, has been, if not inactive, certainly sporadic <br />over the past few years. As for the Red Canyon-Coal Mine, it was closed down in the <br />19g0's and all reclamation has been completed and approved. <br />The present direction of developmem in Coalby Canyon is ruraihesidential. <br />