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.f <br />Fro.K: Frances P. Lazear / <br />Faxed. ~n o pew t~~ <br />I~-l3-pS. <br />sss <br />~„ •''~ <br />Ra Bpd ;. <br />20508 Brimstone Rd <br />Cedaredge, CO 81413 <br />November 27, 2005 <br />70: CI-tit G ~ <br />DEC 0 8 P005 / <br />~~ <br />~ o(~Ri:ssrate e. ii~y <br />COMMENTS ON BENSON BROTHERS RED SHALE PI'~`~ <br />RECLAMATION APPLICATION <br />1=~1e:~-2ooS-o7~ / <br />As a homeowner living approximately 1/2 mile from the boundary of the Benson <br />proposed red shale pit in Coalby Canyon, I wish to state my strenous objections to this <br />operation. I wish to be made a party to the proceeding, I wish to be on the mailing list, <br />and would like for apre-hearing conference to be held in Cedaredge. Please have the <br />prehearing conference include a tour of the site to which all parties aze included. Please <br />schedule a hearing on the application, for all of the reasons stated in this protest, and set <br />the hearing in Delta or Grand Junction, a location convenient to the proposed project site. <br />There aze a number of misleading statements in the application, and important <br />points aze left out all together. I will point these out in the document below where the /Q <br />applicant's statements aze in quotes, and my comments follow. c~,~, <br />GEOLOGIC HAZARDS: p~r~s~o ~F(' I6 ~`~® <br />a ~~ <br />o~M'ari <br />Exhibit D- Mining plan a~daa~ <br />Application contains an analysis of the southern slope by Ute Engineering Co. It Car~oBY <br />only addresses the slope above the cliffs. The stability of the Rollins Cliffs which border <br />the southern end of the property has not been addressed. The cliffs contain many fractures <br />and evidence of recent large rockfalls abounds. Vibrations from the operation may loosen <br />more lazge pieces of sandstone. There aze three residences immediately below these cliffs. <br />An analysis should be done by a company which has experience in cliff stability prior to <br />consideration of this permit. Operation of the crusher and large equipment on the north <br />side of the ridge may transmit vibrations through the ground sufficient to dislodge rocks, <br />even when operations aze not occuring neaz the top of the ridge. (34-32.5-116(4)(1) & 34- <br />32.5-115(4)(a)) <br />Mitigation: <br />Although I feel risk to adjoining property from the above mentioned geologic <br />hazards should be sufficient to deny the permit, if the permit is accepted I feel the <br />following restrictions should be placed on the operation: <br />1. Preferably no rock crushing should be allowed on the premises. Low frequency <br />vibrations transmitted through the ground pose unacceptable risk of cliff failure with <br />