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vegetative growth and productivity. Therefore, the burden of proof should be on the project <br />proponent to guarantee that AWC Nursery will not be harmed. <br />6. Project proponents and applications: <br />a) fail to mention or offer to conduct further groundwater studies. <br />b) avoid mentioning potential mitigation measures. <br />c) The groundwater report results by W WE were not peer reviewed, aze not <br />comprehensive, aze speculative at best, cannot be supported by good hazd data <br />and therefore misleading and incomplete. <br />The AWC nursery operation is part of a larger registered Colorado Corporation. It <br />maintains an existing native tree, shrub and herbaceous inventory of two million plants. Trees <br />and plants aze sold wholesale for all types of environmental reclamation projects. The nursery <br />averages approximately 14 employees. <br />Based on the incompletely prepared and documented permit applications, the Aquatic and <br />Wetland Company, Nursery Operations strongly opposes the Heit Gravel Mine and strongly <br />encourages the state MLRB and County Commissioners to deny the project at this time. <br />~r,~-i. G~C~. <br />John T. Windell, Ph,D. <br />President <br />CC: <br />Brad Windell, General Manager <br />HaGrave[ Miae Impacts to AWC.doc <br />