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III 1111111111111111 999 ,~~~,L~~ t 1~.°~ 4YFt,,~ ~9f ~. M-Zoo G~~~ Sd~rS; L;~l i-oo ~ 4~°P~.G~ ~ ~,~h n ~ %dh o[r er ~~~~~~~d MAR 1 ~9 ?p01 D~/ ~vl ~F~31s ~yt~9 [J 8 Geo/a~, MAR ? 1 orv ?~~l ~°n °/Minprert endCeo%gY • • CoR7Fi JouarvAZ 3/iY~o7 Residents raise concerns about Line Camp mine BY JDI~ MIIMQAGA JOURNA4 .STAFF WRITER Two dozen residents turned out Tuesday for the first of three public meetings held by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology regard- ing the Line Camp gravel mine proposed for an 18-acre section of land along the Dolores River. The informal conference is an opportunity for citizens to air any additional concerns not recorded during the expired written-comment period on the reclamation portion of the min- tng plan. The mine is being proposed by Four States Aggregate on land owned by Val Truelson, both of Dolores. [n May the Montezuma County Commission voted to grant ahigh-impact perntl'4'foi~ the mine, pending completion of the state permitting process. Past hearings on the issue brought howls of protest from dozens of neighbors opposing it. If approved, the mine would be added to a developed stretch of river already populated with many home sites interspersed between several ongoing or expired gravel mines and pits. Those complaints were con- tinued Tuesday for the state record, and were heightened by an attorney representing neighbors who aze suing the county for approving the pend- ing permit. Reclamation issues raised by several o(the 25 peo- ple in the audience Included weed control, groundwater contamination, mine dlschazge and Flooding concerns. Two environmental special- ists for the Division o(Minerals and Geology, Tom Gullls and Wally Erickson, asserted that many of the issues being raised were already on record and did not require rehashing. Bu[ their ~ contention that certain issues, such as traffic. noise, property values and sce- nic qualities, fall outside the See IYIINE on Page 3A