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FEB 23 '99 62~01PM PATSY'S SECRETRRIRL _ III 'I IIII I <br />. • 999 <br />199°' ~~JC~L9C ~u~.~ C®~V <br />C~P~O e`a\5&GPo~o9~ ~I~~:A'I-9$-!OS <br />Fax # 970-247-5104~~~~o UeI~FaGrave I P,t <br />Waiiy Erickson Pav;^~ <br />Mined Land Hoard <br />484 Turnez Drive <br />Hldg. F, Suite 101 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />near sir: <br />I am adamantly opposed to the proposed <br />ation by the Grand Junction Pipe and Supply <br />Delta, Colorado along the GUnriison River. <br />February 23, 1999 <br />Received <br />FES 2 3 1.`::~9 <br />Dt;r-t;Go Fuld Cfii:9 <br />Division c. a: ;: rc ; ~ Gco!a9Y <br />gravel pit oper- <br />four miles east oP <br />These are my primary concerns: <br />1. Heavy trucks (never covered) would be pulling out onto <br />State Highway 65 just north of the junction with State <br />Highway 92. Highway 65 is a narrow two-Sane highway, <br />heavily traveled and largely by senior citizens who have <br />lived in this area, iriciufling Cedaredge, all of their <br />lives. They tend to drive slowly and cautiously on a <br />highway that was until the last two or three years lightly <br />traveled. <br />2. Highway 65 ie a Scenic Hyxay over Grand Mesa. <br />3. The eighty-one acres oP farmland and along the river a <br />favorite wildlife habitat. Haiti and golden eagles, hawks, <br />blue herons, foxes, and deer among the creatures calling <br />ft home. <br />3. People living in nice homes on the mesa above the river, <br />paying plenty of state property tax, are not yet aware of <br />the impact the noise, dose, anfl desolate, ugly land being <br />espioited will have on their lives. <br />4. There are already three gravel pits right in she general <br />area, one of them belonging to Grand Junction Pipe and <br />Supply. <br />4. This operation could last as long as thirty yeass. <br />5. I have seen the eo-called restoration and reclamation done <br />by this company. It 18 a !ar Cry from the lovely picture <br />painted by their epokeepeople. One visit Prom the Mined <br />Land personel could verify this statement. <br />6. There are protected species of fish in that river, along <br />with trout. A Saw suit by the National Wildlife Federa- <br />tion or any conservation gro~up would atop the project, or <br />at least cost the gravelcll~$~R~ in legal fees. <br />I beg you, please do not grant a permit for this operation, which <br />ie oleo planned to include a permanent concrete and asphalt giant <br />with haul-ovt road and power line. <br />Sf cerF y rs, <br />.v ~ .-.~..,a~~--; <br />~C. Simpson <br />993 Hay 65 <br />Austin, CO 81410 <br />