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F[LE No .912 O1i13 '99 PM 1235 ID~PILOT OFFICE SUPPLY INC FA7C~970 879 1599 PAGE <br />Erica Crosby <br />Div of Minerals and Geology <br />FAX (303) 832-8106 <br />December 14, 1998 <br />Unfortunately, we will be unable to attend the Boazd meeting scheduled for <br />tomorrow, Dec. 16'" in Denver. <br />Although we understand that the Division has jurisdiction over limited areas <br />of mining, it is still extremely difficult for us to accept that some of our <br />concerns continue to remain unanswered: <br />(1) The applicant's consultant states that, (and I quote from page 4 of letter <br />dated 10/23/98), "Numerous examples are available wherein natural gas <br />pipelines have been damaged by construction well outside of the legal <br />easement." This is not a comforting statement considering our children are <br />playing in the yard just a few hundred yards away. We have already had one <br />natural gas explosion in this county. Human error does play a major part in <br />construction accidents around the country-for example the recent San <br />Francisco blackout caused by human error. <br />How can we be assured our family will be safe? <br />(2) The applicant's consultant continues to present the final reclamation plan <br />as wetland areas that do not include ponds. Quote from page 9 of same <br />letter dated 10/23/98, "we have deleted any references to the term `fonds" in <br />the permit application since we are not proposin~y ponds as Dart of the <br />final reclamationglan for this location." Yet on file in Routt County Court <br />dated 10/14/98, that is prior to the consultant's response letter, the attached <br />document indicates that water from adjoining springs will be used to "FII.L <br />PONDS AFTER AND DURING CONSTRUCTTON OF GRAVEL PIT <br />AND FILL FISH PONDS YET TO BE DEVELOPED." <br />"TO FILL PONDS AFTER PLT IS DONE." This is in contradiction to what <br />was stated in the proposed reclamation plan. This needs to be clarified at <br />this level as well as at the county level. <br />(3) The dates of mining are still inconsistent. Although we realize this is not <br />a concern of the Division's, the applicant has still not responded to our <br />question. "The Legals" indicates mining will be competed on Nov 1, 2001, <br />