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iv. No details are provided on how the stated post- mining land use of recreation <br />will be achieved. <br />FARMLANDS, PRIME AND UNIQUE — None <br />RANGE MANAGEMENT — 1 comment was received and is summarized below: <br />No explanation is provided of what material will be used to replace the sold product of <br />the mine during the state backfilling procedure, or what will be done with the pit <br />remaining, following reclamation. <br />d. LANDS AND REALTY — 8 comments were received and are summarized below: <br />i. The property values will suffer devaluation in their values between 30 and 50 <br />percent. The values will plummet during the actual mining stages, but also no <br />amount of reclamation (if and when it ever actually takes place) would ever be <br />able to bring the property back to an acceptable state to be compatible with an <br />urban residential neighborhood, thus permanently harming these values. <br />ii. Lower property values will further reduce tax revenues for both Park County <br />and the town of Fairplay. <br />iii. Rental properties would become non - existent. <br />e. WILDERNESS, AREAS OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, WILD <br />AND SCENIC RIVERS — None <br />8. NOISE — 8 comments received and are summarized below: <br />a. Associated noise resulting from increased heavy equipment, truck traffic and the mine. <br />b. There is no way to buffer the nearby residences from noise. <br />c. How will the noise pollution not affect nearby residents and businesses and the whole <br />town of Fairplay? <br />d. The noise pollution associated with this proposal will result in no more elk and deer in <br />the nearby housing are and will cause changes in their migration and herd areas. <br />e. A crusher will eventually be brought in and the noise level will go up considerably. It <br />will be able to be heard easily within a mile radius and will be disruptive further away <br />than that. <br />9. SOCIOECONOMICS <br />a. SAFETY — 3 comments were received and are summarized below: <br />i. What is a reasonable buffer for mining to city lines and residential property <br />lines that has typically been implemented in the past? Because having a <br />working, open pit mine this close to families and children is concerning. <br />ii. A lack of a buffer could facilitate rocks being thrown at the mine site and hitting <br />nearby residences. <br />b. • HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONDITIONS — 3 comments were received and are <br />summarized below: <br />i. Do not want heavy traffic on Thompson Park Road and utilizing the only roads <br />in and out of neighborhoods. <br />ii. Large trucks tear up dirt roads. What type of weight restrictions are there for <br />the town and county roads? Will this cost the taxpayers to maintain? <br />ECONOMY — 9 comments were received and are summarized below: <br />b. <br />c. <br />c. <br />58 <br />