2010-10-04_REVISION - C1981008 (2)

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10/0412010 08:43 FAX 870 865 2675 VISTA REALTY 1a002/007 from us to replace what they have already stolen, just because they are threatened and told that they cannot object. This is the SECOND letter that I have sent you a copy of. The first is also included. Prior to that several years ago, there are more. There are also more verbal threats prior to that. You can speak with many other farmers and when I have a summons served to them, you will see. Mr. Morgan never filed the objection, to PR-06, when they started their threats, I did. I am the one who first called the Division because they were scared to death to call. I lease this place and so does Michael and we have all the farming rights and every right to file what ever objections is needed to protect this place. I have COURT documentation where you have allowed Western Fuels to take historically irrigated cropland and turn it into dryland NUMEROUS times now. Historically irrigated cropland is documented as being historically irrigated and cropped 5 out of 10 years prior to the lease or purchase, not when they decided to enter the property and mine that property, but 5 out of 10 years before they leased or optioned the property. Then your laws state that it must be put back as good or BETTER than it was. Instead now we have 100's of acres of DRYLAND in this area because you allowed them to do whatever they wanted and NO ONE HERE CAN OBJECT because THEY ARE THREATENED and most cannot afford attorneys and they do not know that they even have any rights. Your rules and regulations state that there will be PUBLIC participation and PUBLIC involvement and this DOES NOT MEAN THAT AN OBJECTION NEEDS TO BE FILED. This means that this public participation will be made available to the public so we can just discuss without objections and in 18 YEARS, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AS YOUR RULES AND REGULATIONS STATE. When the State showed up for the informal hearing that I asked for, I told all of you and Western Fuels that we are and have been done very wrong here and we were just ignored again and told "Oh well, that's past". Well, here it is, happening again. We have been told several times to get an Attorney. We can't afford an Attomey. We had no other choices other than to represent ourselves. However, several Environmental Protection groups out of Telluride and Montrose have now contacted us. Television stations and two major newspapers have also contacted me wanting the entire story. They believe that they can help us get an Attorney on a contingency basis and help us fight this. They believe if 1 get this all out to the public on Television and in the Newspapers, help will arrive. Anything is worth a try because we are not going to allow for our Prime Farmland to be destroyed as it has been and ruin the farm that once was because the people here are afraid. And WFC, at minimum, have imperiled our livelihood, our lives, and our job. And WFC has not been shut down totally off the permit not even one day and we have been out of production for over 10 years. Thank you for your time, wl/4--- Jo len Turner S 1- / /d 7' .) ?? ' E-7 70 -7k k