2008-03-03_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981008

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.~ From: JoEllen Turner Box 346 Nucla, Co. 81424 To: Ms Sandra L. Brown Senior Environmental Protection Specialist ~` State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 ~4~ a~`Ld~~ ~ ~ ~Q~ ~ `.~a~~sage~ O\~\SM~~`ga~d Dear Ms. Brown: Re- Meeting on Friday with Western Fuels in Grand Junction, Co. We aze again writing to you for help. We've spent much time in phone calls to Dan Mathews and Mr. Boulay. In a lengthy conversation with Mike Boulay, prior to your meeting on Friday, we asked if we could attend this meeting. We were told that it wasn't necessary and also the space was limited. We asked that the meeting be taped or an accurate set of minutes be kept. We were told that he would check with you and see. We asked if any decisions were going to be made at this meeting. He guaranteed us•that NO decisions would be made and this meeting was just a stepping block for future discussions and to help develope some plans to proceed forward in reply to the numerous letters that they had received. This was basically a meeting to discuss some of those letters and concerns of property owners and citizens in this azea. We asked if we could be there again because there are a lot of concerns that needed to be addressed and a lot of things that most people who are not farmers do not understand and we were really afraid of this meeting because Western Fuels can convince people who aze not farmers to see things their way without all of the facts. Even Ross or Lance do not understand all'of these facts. They are not farmers. Ross Gubka met with us today February 25, 2008 at 10:30 A.M. At Frank and Mary Lou Morgans' home. Frank Morgan, Mary Lou Morgan, Patty Morgan, Mike Morgan, James Johnson, and myself were present. Ross Gubka had his interpretation of the minutes of the Friday meeting with you consisting of 19 pages. Many statements in these minutes are not accurate, and do not reflect our true feelings or facts about this farm that is presently being mined. Ross said that these pages will be the basis for the "New Technical Revision" being put together now and there would be no more meetings prior to that. Mr. Boulay promised us that this would not happen. There was suppose to be several meetings to discuss our concerns. The items discussed at your meeting may have put the Division and Western Fuels on the same page, but it does not reflect the facts which some were distorted and some of the conclusions were all wrong. We needed to be a part of this meeting. We need to please talk with all of you here. We need to show you so that you may understand these things that aze wrong. Please meet with us. We've begged in many letters. It will be too late if we can't meet with you soon.