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"'"'~''~ ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~ 999 Gr~~nd Junction, Colorado Apr• i 1 10, 1990 Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Eoard ~1`_i Centennial Puilding 1373 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado, 8003-1273 Geri t 1 ertien ~~ RE~~~~E® APR 1 G 1990 MINED LAND ~GGi gMAT!ON DlVIS!O"~ Yo,_i F~ave received application from United Cort~panies of Mesa County, Inr_., Grand Junction, Co., to e;:cavate for gravel at the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 Sect ion~0, Township 15, Range lE in Mcsa County. As an ad.iacent resident and land owner, I ti le ob.Jection to this proposed mining operation, and request tF~at your office (P•oard) give your attention and scrutiny to this plan as it relates to State and local regulations. TF~E board of County Cort~rt~issioners F~as granted United Cart~panies a rezone and conditional use permit over the nb,jec:tions of thirty nine petetioners, including five ad~iacent land owners. In doing so, ttie P~oard has ignored regulations outlined in Mesa County Land Developrt~ent Code dealing with adverse irt~pacts which will be crew{-ed by tFie mining operation, and which by no method of proposed containrt~ent of these adverse impacts, can 6e reduced to a level of tolerance compatible to sui°rounding residents and re=_idents within the immedia±e zone. Of the rt~any enviorort~ental hazards that will be unavoidable, is the undeniable threat that open pit mining in this location cannot but add to ttie flood F~azar•d. In tF~e past, Corn Construction was allowed to e;:cavate an area up river from this proposed site, and as a result the natural course of tl-.e Colorado River was altered forrt~i.rig a new waterway which current now flows directly toward ttie prcposed e;;cavation site. As well, since ttie river r_ourse cF~ange, about forty feet of the new "ban4::" F~as been eaten away. 7:n event of a flood, the proposed pit will act as a draw for flood waters and concievably cause another river course change, at tF~e e::pense of tF~e inundation of nurticr•ous ad~jac:ent and surroi_~nding properties, upstream and downstr•eart~. Code violations of stac4;piling which art~ounts to obstructions in tF~e floodway e>:ist prsently upstreart~ frort~ the propo~;ed site, and United Companies will cort~pound this violation further as pertains to Flood Plain regulations. It seems apparent tF~at Mesa County administrators F~ave ignored their own directives in the past, as well as now, For minirt~a7. gratuity, to wit, about 1/4 mile bicycle path ,- to be granted {-tie River Fr•nnt Project, and it is rtiy trope that thr= State of Colorado will be more objective in ttie~ir consideration of this proposed project. Respectfully submitt _.a / P•. D. Kyle 345 30 Rnad Grand Junction, Co., 81504