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<br />~~~ <br />~~ <br />Colorado Mined land Reclamation Board <br />723 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />NUV 43 ;y~7 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 MINED LAND RECLAMATIO(' <br />Colo. Dept. of Natural Resource <br />The undersigned citizens respectfully request the Reclamation Board <br />to schedule a public hearing Sn Colorado Springs during xeek-end or evening <br />hours +.o consider o'.ir verbal objections to Castle concrete's pending <br />applications to continue mining activities Sn our community, <br />Our protest will stress several points <br />1, Public documents filed by Castle concrete in Colorado Springs <br />at the E1 Paso County Clerk and Recorder's Office exclude <br />reclamation plans from public scrutiny, These plans are <br />stamped "confidential". <br />2, Castle's actions speak louder than their words, The <br />company has wrought almost total devastation at Snyder, <br />Queen's Canyon, and Pikeview quarries; clearly evident <br />to the casual or trained observer. <br />3, We request the Reclamation Board to inspect this devastation <br />and to review reclamation activities within the upper twelve <br />acres at Queen's Canyon which border or, total failure after <br />many years.* <br />4, Castle concrete should be judged on almost two decades of <br />dismal reclamation performa~;cc, Surity should be significantly <br />.::. <br />increased to insure adequate reclamation, '.Z- <br />5, Mining permits should be denied until Castle :ubmlts convincing "~""'~" <br />evidence of successful reclamation efforts within a realistic <br />time limit. <br />*sees "A Report on Queen's Canyon Quarry" <br />Colorado Springs Park and Recreation Department <br />Design and Development Division <br />November 1, 1974 <br />,v4m~ <br />~ I <br />~ <br />~ <br />o11n owc~` <br />~ <br />f <br />~ <br />~ ~i <br />, <br />~,,e -~Liws <br />,• <br />/~ddrCSS <br />~e°I~ ~er5~ - <br />~~~C ~ ~PU q <br />~ fill lllllllllllll 111 ~~ : ~~ <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado <br />[0 October 1977 ~- .- _, <br />R~~L; t~'EC <br />Il.u. <br /> <br />~~\\ <br />Z~~ <br />80~~8 <br />~'a yob <br />