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02i22i1994 11 29 FROM US EPR - RB IJTR ter: TO 97820390 P.01 <br />~ ~ • <br />21710 Highway 550 South <br />Montrose. Colorado 81401 <br />(303) 249-1301 (Fi)/ (303) 874-7614 x 2960 (F1) <br />FebrLary 8, 1994 <br />Ms. Melanie Pallman <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />999 18th Street, Suite 500 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 BWM-G <br />Dear Ms. Pallman: <br />laoat•It° brand tax transmittdl memo 7671 •o+v~ <br />'~ ~R 1JQ.l~ <br />~o. ~~ ~ `~ <br />°'°'. <br />^ 3- ~ <br />d <br />r-.. r , o~- r.., <br />I am writing this letter to inform you of my vehement opposition <br />of a gravel pit adjacent to rt:y property by United Companies of <br />Urand vunction, GO (303) 243-4900/FP.X (303) 243-5945. 't'heir <br />Estimator/Sales Representative is Mr. Sprague M. Mayger (303) <br />249-1815/ FAX (303) 249-2503 (with the Montrose address of 21830 <br />Highway 550 South 81401). <br />My family and neighbors are formally protesting the building of a <br />gravel pit along with its accompanying weigh station, concrete <br />and asphalt plants at 21830 Highway 550 South far the reasons of <br />health, safety, devaluation of property value, lost income, <br />destruction of priceless scenic beauty, and threat to endangered <br />species amd wildlife habitat. ,' <br />My family would be the most detrimentally affected by this <br />project since it would be only several hundred feet from our <br />front door and the winds would blow the dust right into our home. <br />Three of us have documentable >vespirat~ty problems. My <br />grandmother has diminished lung capacity, Mom has chronic <br />bz•6nchitis from an aln;os~ fatal bou; c~ith pneumor.~_a, a::d. I have <br />recurring difficulty with sinusitis and bronchitis. Corstant <br />e::posure to dust would adversely impact our health and longevity. <br />The decibel level would also be 3etrimental foz• t);e three senicr <br />citizens whose hearing is already diminishing. <br />No answers have been given as~to how this operation would impact <br />our septic system, well and irrigation water and our vegetable <br />garden. <br />Safety issues include increased traffic on an already heavily <br />congested U.S. Highway 550. A planned acceleration/deceleration <br />lane will endanger ALL commuters, especially school bus traffic. <br />The depth of the pits and the constant heavy equipment traffic <br />would threaten our families, pets, visitors and neighbors. <br />Neighbors use the existing access road to our home to•go fishing <br />in South Canal and the Uncompahgre River which flow through our <br />property. <br />Z"ne southern section of Montrose County is prized for its prime <br />real estate but this FrcSect w?11 cause our property value to <br />plummet. In the almost IGUrteer, years Gf CUr C•H.-°r° :_~. ae ra"e <br />