I live close to this…

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019-1094

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42540

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I live close to this property. I have a private residential drilled well of 101 feet . The water level is at approx. 67 feet. The owner is proposing to excavate 65 feet of sand / gravel from the site. The water table height can vary season to season and year to year . His consultants claim there is a protective clay layer between aquifers, even though their test holes don't seem to reveal any clay layers as they only went to the water table. Removing the existing sand / gravel would put my private well at additional risk by removing any filtration . My well has nitrate levels above the drinking water standard already, which could be the result of the owner of the proposed pit trying to decommission the existing manure storage tanks on the property from a huge feed lot, by piling the manure in a pile to be spread later . Surface water becomes ground water I believe .This does not sound like good environmental practice . The land north of us has been farmed for generations with no reason for that high of nitrates . He plans on recycling asphalt , 4 wash ponds / plus drawing huge volumes of water to operate them. His wash ponds will actually breech the water table which is another danger to my supply of water. Why would anyone allow an already contaminated water supply to potentially become more contaminated . Not just from nitrates but the possibility from petroleum spills and residual contaminates from recycling . If the pit is operational, it will be 'out of site out of mind'.