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* III IIIIIIIIIIIII III ~ <br />~~ <br />~ °~ ~ <br />~~~ yc <br />c~~ <br />State Engineer <br />Water Augmentation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street - 6'" Floor <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Madam or Sir: <br />0215 Meadowdale Lane <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />October 3, 1997 <br /> <br />pCT ~ 61991 <br />'MA' `~ ~`H ,INFER <br />gT 4T ~ry,:J. <br />M~~,s~ <br />~,~~~{ ~u <br />,~`^" <br />-~~ ~"`2~ <br />~ I~ N,t4,~ . , <br />I am writing in regard to a Life of the Mine Permit that was approved by <br />Fremont County Commissioners for a company called Agile Stone Systems. The <br />location for this bench-cut rock mining operation will be located along the <br />Arkansas River on the old Harvey Ranch in Parkdale, Colorado. This permit <br />was approved in spite of the fact that over 100 neighboring landowners <br />appeared at the public hearing opposing this permit (only 1 out of 36 who spoke <br />was in favor) <br />Agile Stone Systems proposes a 24-hour operation which includes rail car <br />and rail line maintenance (most rock being transported to Kansas). The <br />commissioners approved this permit with few blasting restrictions, no proof of <br />adequate water supply, and with the only access to the mine being the Old <br />Harvey Bridge that was built in 1915 and is hardly suitable for the kind of truck <br />traffic this type of operation will require. <br />My major concern, and the concern of my neighbors, is that the County <br />does not have any geological information on the stability of this area and how <br />blasting will affect both the fault line which runs under Parkdale, and how it will <br />affect the water sources of neighboring landowners. My husband and I own 70 <br />acres located approximately 1 mile from the proposed mine site, on which we <br />built a custom log home 7 years ago . Even though we live less than a mile from <br />the Arkansas River, water is scarce and some that is available through wells is <br />contaminated with cyanide (indeed, two wells close to the proposed mine site <br />are contaminated with cyanide). Our well, like most, feeds from an <br />underground spring and was drilled through shale (a good portion of our <br />property is shale). While our water has a fairly high Sulfur content, we value it <br />greatly and use it for both our home, lawn, and for the horses we raise. <br />k~ <br />~~(\ ~~ Beverly Breeze Krieger <br />