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this place. They have NO RIGHTS to steal it! And DRMS just sits back and allows themto do it <br />and they never stopped and allowed us to show them and by the time this all gets even looked at, <br />it will be covered up and hidden. We filed the complaint and they needed to include us in this <br />investigation and tour so that we could show them exactly what was happening. BUT they just <br />ignore us and drive right on by. I wrote Sandy Brown numerous letters and asked her to call <br />Michael as soon as possible on 970-433-5517 and she called the house phone a day later with <br />invalid information. <br />Western Fuels has refused to talk to us and DRMS did not even follow their rules for the public <br />hearing. The Public hearing had to be in a location so that the mine could be toured if necessary <br />and any things that needed to be pointed out could be. They scheduled the meeting at night away <br />from the mine and the property being mined and the only thing we were allowed to discuss was <br />Permit-Revision#6 which was illegal if they had followed the law from 1998 on. <br />(1) Permit Application was not accurate and did not identify Prime Farmlands or Alluvials within <br />the permit area.. How did they even get a permit approved? <br />(2) A Prime Farmland investigation was not done by WFC or by DRMS <br />(3) A Class 1 soil survey was done identifying numerous areas within the permit area as being <br />prime and having alluvials <br />(4) Alluvials were disregarded as well as prime farm lands <br />(5) Prime farm lands were allowed to be entered without consultation of the Secretary of <br />Agriculture or the Secretary of Interior <br />(6) No plan for removal of the topsoil off of Prime Farmlands or Alluvials was completed nor <br />was the Prime farmland soils removed in two lifts They were done in single lifts and then <br />removed off our place. <br />(7) No plan for the reclamation of the prime farmland was put in place and the water for these <br />prime farmlands were not an issue <br />(8)Prime Farmland SOILs are not suppose to be REMOVED from the property on which they <br />exist to any other piece of property or removed off the landowners property without written <br />consent and approval by the landowner <br />(9)NO changes can be made to the rules and regulations governing PRIME FARMLAND <br />without written consent from the landowner and approval by the Secretary of Agriculture and the <br />Secretary of the Interior. Including Revisions of ANY type. <br />(10)All of these items had to be PUT IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE MINE ENTERING THE <br />PROPERTY. <br />(11 When the DRMS was called and told that the OPERATOR was removing our Prime <br />Farmland, they did NOTHING to get our soils returned nor did they come and talk with us nor <br />did they EVER allow us to accompany them on any inspection so that we could show them what <br />is happening. <br />(12)They waited MONTHS to do anything on our Prime Soils and WFC had already removed 90 <br />truck loads per day, 100 ton per truck load for three days and three nights and each TON was at <br />that time $100 per ton. They had already spread our prime soils and planted them before DRMS <br />even came to see. And then told us the MINE had the right to do whatever with our soils. <br />(I3)DRMS had a meeting in Grand Junction with everyone concerning our place and REFUSED <br />to allow us to attend after MANY days of Begging. They said NO! They made DECISIONS