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SUMMARY <br />• <br />Western Fuels STOLE our prime topsoil and put it on Bud Bensons' property and the DRMS <br />allowed them to do so. Western Fuels was asked to stop and refused. Western Fuels did not <br />have permission to remove any of our soils from this property. Written or Verbal. <br />Western Fuels has violated their contract because they cannot put it back as good as or better <br />than it was because the prime soils have been removed. The production will obviously be <br />hindered because there is NO Substitute that can equal what we had.( That is why Western Fuels <br />and the DRMS is trying so hard to get it approved for DRYLAND because they have both <br />destroyed it) <br />Western Fuels has destroyed a piece of history because those soils have been there since mapping <br />soils began. <br />Mining is VERY hard on soils anyway and with the total disregard the DRMS and Western Fuels <br />gave our Prime Topsoil, we will never have anything like we did have. Years of fertilizing, crop <br />rotations, and preserving our prime soils are all gone. We had soils with NO rocks and very little <br />damage before mining. The VERY Best in this valley. And it was destroyed by Western Fuels <br />and the DRMS. Total Neglect! <br />• Mr. Morgan is Blind and Mrs. Morgan is crippled. It is not a common courtesy as Marcia stated <br />for Western Fuels to provide him with a copy of items or public notices pertaining to his <br />property. We have specifically asked DRMS and Western Fuels to do so and both agreed that <br />they would. This has not been done and I am sure according to all the laws that I have read, this <br />is a form of DISCRIMINATION. It is not up to us to stay home and read the papers and make <br />sure that we do not amiss even one It is up to all you to provide him with any and all things <br />available that pertain to his property. It is not up to you to decide whether or not that material is <br />important to him, it "s up to you to provide him with it and he should be allowed to make those <br />decisions. Permit - Renewal #5 was publicized in 2007 and we all objected. It was not up to you <br />to throw out our objections and make a decision in 2009, two years later. Mr. Morgan never <br />received anything to do with permit - Renewal #5 until a proposed decision was being made and <br />ALL OF YOU WERE TOLD THAT! There was no way we could object to something we had <br />not even read since you wanted specifics and IT WAS NOT AT THE COURT HOUSE AND <br />STILL IS NOT! We did not withdraw that objection and we were lied to and promised things <br />that we did not get, by both DRMS and Western Fuels. That is the only reason we withdrew TR- <br />57 and ONLY if we could see the whole picture. DRMS has violated ALL of their laws and so <br />has Western Fuels by deceit and providing false information and promises. <br />The laws state that there should be constant communication and invitations for public <br />participation in reclamation, state and federal laws being met, and land owners constantly being <br />informed of anything affecting his property. I do not believe that this means one public notice <br />that appears in the paper one time and very little description so no one even knows what the <br />