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<br /> <br />aec twoustntss, ar~tr:. <br />Pi 8V%2rJ2f3 <br />L fi4NC J'~Nr:TI:}N, ~„a P 1:~a2 U.a.d. <br />TECEPHaN¢ 3 0.412 4 2-3GSa <br />F0. 3JJ:ZS 313 <br />.August 31.2006 <br /> <br />BI_M, Grmd Jwction Ollice ~- <br />'• <br />Caa Dave Lehmann <br />281> H Road <br />Grand Junction, CD 41 ~O6 <br /> <br />Dear Bureau of Land b4anagemene <br />" <br />, <br />As a life time resident of Grand Junction, Co and al><~ with a past 20 years in <br />Under Ground <br />Coal b9lnina' 1 wttitc dtis letter in suppan of C.AM Colorado's proposed expansion of the; sUlcLain <br />Canyon Caal A4ina. llus expansion will bring money to our local xhools and commuuilics <br />thre)ugh energy itnpact grants, federal roytdty payments, property lases, and direct spending from <br />mine cn?ployees. It will slso help companies like I operate hero in the Grand Valley with addul <br />employmznt oppartunitit . <br />Onc issue of concet9t is train noise. HOweYLr, Gland .tune[ioa is a cunmmnity with a long }tisiary <br />of train;. In fact, the arch s first coal minds ware lacatcx! in the Baokcliffs and coal was <br />transpaned via r!il to the town below. TI»s has htxn tht valicy's histon• for over iit0 years. <br />Railruad ;pars ors sail] dte best way to tt•ansport coat Gam the mice to the various markets around <br />the countty. To those who have had conctxns about train noisy from the proposed expansion, I <br />think u-e all !tend to rctncmbcr there will only be four trains per day coming to and front the <br /> <br />mine. A rail spur is mush different than a !Hain tiny railway, .Main lines oan have a train once ' <br />every haur.'iltc proposed spur will 1?aee lag fewer trahts. 1-Iawever, ao !natter how many trtins ,~ <br />use env eiven line, there an: cotnmunitia and subdivisions all over the vadcy lining near rail <br />lines and it has always been this way. Regulations rcyuirc a train ]tom. but the daibcl levels aisa , <br />cbttu2c dapettding on the time of day or whaittcr the [rain is arriving in tl?c evt.-ning when people <br />arc steeping. <br />Give!? that there arc only going to he 4 trains per day, and given that there are going to be iimitcd <br />crossings. it is !lard to hna~inc that train noise will be any more or less disruptive to the arua than _ <br />it is for othzrs in Grand Junction +vho live near the !ail-crossings within the val]cy. Conmmnities <br />have always surrounded railways bcx;ausc raihcays arc what setilecl the west. <br />The economic impact this expattsiou will have or. our.°aL'cy will be huge. 1 hope that CANt <br />continui-s their pnsitivo track record atwarkine with land owners, and 1 hope the Bl_M proposzs , <br />passible win-win scenarios for those+vho are w•orrivd about noise or any other issues. <br />Thanks for working hard to approve. a project that benefits everyone an the 10%c~t Slope <br />Sincerely, <br />Kevin 1, Carson <br /> <br /> <br />