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Skye Sieber <br />t, Trey C Schillie/RVUSDAFS To Skye Sieber/R2/USDAFS@FSNOTES <br />- 09/14/2009 09:13 AM cc Wendy Haskins/R2/USDAFS@FSNOTES, Kenneth K <br />Tu/R2/USDAFS@FSNOTES <br />bcc <br />Subject Re: Fw: conger rock appeaILA <br />History: EV,, This message has been forwarded. <br />This document is an appeal filed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 215 <br />The appellants' names are Thomas R. Mellish and George A. Howie, who reside at 48 Island <br />Lake Way, Marble, Colorado. <br />The appellants' telephone number is (970) 963-5165. <br />The Decision Document - Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact: Conger Rock <br />Harvesting Project. There was no date on the document. There was a cover letter dated July <br />17, 2009 / File Code: 1950-1/2850. <br />Skye, <br />Ken Tu forwarded me your question about the Conger Rock decision. We did receive <br />another appeal in our inbox, I believe it was the day before the comment period ended. <br />This is the only other one that I am aware of at this time. We generally like to give the mail <br />five business days after closing to make sure there are no more hard copies coming our <br />way. <br />I have pasted the most recent appeal below (it is a short one). It looks like we will have a <br />Regional Appeal Review Team for this on the week of October 5th. Please let me know if <br />you have any questions. <br />Thanks, <br />Trey <br />Responsible Official: Irene L. Davidson, District Ranger <br />Design Criteria: According to the Public Involvement section, the responsible official stated: <br />"a majority of comments came from residents living near the project area, with primary <br />concerns related to noise and visual impacts. These concerns are what prompted me to <br />require adding the hours of operations stipulations." Yet the responsible official exacerbated <br />the noise problem by increasing the number of hours heavy equipment can operate. The <br />noise problem under the current environment was not evident prior to 8:00 am or after <br />5:00 pm. The design criteria in this document would allow operations from 7:00 am to 7:00 <br />pm. This stipulation totally contravenes the noise concerns raised by all the residents of the <br />Marble Ski Area Filing No 7 and the Crystal River Subdivision. <br />1 of 4