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0 Page 1 of 2 <br />Waldron, Tony <br />From: robert mahaney [rmahaney4@attbi.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:02 AM <br />To: Lwayno@aol.com; Barber, Margaret <br />May 1 St, 2002 <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />Dear Division, <br />As we represent residents of Pueblo County, the area where the Rio Grande <br />Portland Cement Plant is proposed, we are concerned about the quality of its <br />Reclamation Plan. The permit application is complex and requires much study. <br />Please extend the public comment period for an additional 70 days and <br />schedule a public hearing on the permit. It is imperative that this meeting <br />be held in Pueblo, in the evening, so that the public may attend. <br />The areas that need to be addressed at the public hearing are the inadequacy <br />of the plan to restore the area to use as rangeland based on the amounts of <br />water and seed specified, in relation to the climatic conditions of the <br />area; <br />- the monitoring requirements for reclaimed areas are unspecific and <br />insufficient, and do not adequately protect the public from continued <br />blowing dust - which occur indefinitely, according to the plan; <br />- the monitoring requirements for reclaimed areas are unspecific and <br />insufficient, and do not adequately protect the public from continued <br />blowing dust - which occur indefinitely, according to the plan; <br />- time limits described are not specific, and terms such as <br />"completion" are inadequately defined; <br />- the plan is vague throughout - it basically fails to outline in <br />detail a specific plan; <br />- information on mineral rights is missing; <br />- there is no evidence of how the hydrologic balance of the affected <br />land and the surrounding area will be preserved; <br />5/6/02