PERMFILE61793

• Permit No: M1999117
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/17/2000
• Doc Name: COLO GRAVEL PRODUCTS INC FN M-1999-117 OBJECTION RECEIVED TO CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
• From: DMG
• To: FRANCES MCCORMICK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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March 14, 2000
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51267 County Road B
Center, CO 81125
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Re: Colorado Gravel Products Inc., File No. M-1999-117, Objection Received to
Construction Materials Regular (112c) Permit Application.
Dear Mrs. McCormick,
On March 13, 2000, the Division received a FAX copy of your objection letter, dated March 8, 2000,
against the permit application named above. The letter was received before the end of the public
comment period. As such, your timely filed letter has initiated a process beyond the Division's normal
review for the application. The process may involve you as a "party" and may include holding several
conferences or hearings prior to any decision made on the application.
Please review the enclosed "Informal Conference Package" for more information regarding public
participation in the application review process and how to become a party if you so desire. If you decide
to become a party, we may conduct the Informal Conference and Pre-hearing Conference by telephone, or
by meeting at a location near Center, Colorado. (Thank you for including your telephone number.) We
will notify you regarding any details of these conferences.
Concerning the issues raised in your letter, and as you are already aware, State statutes do not give
authority to this agency to address topics such as impacts from dust, noise, defacement of the land, or
property values. The focus of the statutes related to this agency's review of permit applications and
issuance of permits is ensuring that mined areas be reclaimed to a beneficial use after the conclusion of
mining (pursuant to CRS 34-32.5-101 el seq.).
For information on issues related to fugitive dust or air quality, we recommend you contact the Air
Pollution Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, telephone
number 303-692-3100. For information on noise, which is normally handled by local government
agencies, we recommend you contact the Saguache County Planning office. Issues such as "defacement
of land" (aesthetics) and impacts to property value are normally handled by local governments. We again
recommend contacting the Saguache County Planning office, to see if there are regulations in place to
protect property values.
If you decide to become a party to the permitting process, this Division will send you notification of the
time, date, and location of the Informal Conference and any other meetings that are held in this regard. In
order to obtain "party status", an objector must provide to this office as soon as possible a signed "Party