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ASHTON CALL TO AcTION COMMITTEE
Committee Meeting at Ashton School
22( 0 W. 49th St. ` _ !", 27
Greeley.CO 80634
September 27, 1992 CLET:;(
WELD COUNTY CQNIMISSIONERS BY HAND DELIVERY
Atta:Gems Kennedy
Chairman of the Board
915 10TH STREET
GREELEY,CO 80631
Dear Commissioners:
We are residents and/or landowners of the Ashton-Daniels district and other concerned residents
of Weld County. Several of our families were original homesteaders and we have intense ties to
this portion of Colorado. We are very concerned about the Central Weld County Landfill.
Recent water samples indicate significantly elevated levels of contamination (i.e. heavy metals
and VOC's) which is of great concern to us. Many area residents rely on shallow groundwater
wells for our drinking water and farm operations. The owners/operators of Central Weld County
Landfill have been non-responsive to our questions. Their heightened and accelerated
operations are causing irreparable harm to us on a daily basis. Your own offices have been
unresponsive and uncooperative to our inquiries and we feel insistent on the following:
1. Your written responses to our questions as stated on page 2.
2. A Public Hearing concerning the Central Weld County Landfill.
3. An intimate involvement with your offices concerning any future Central Weld
County Landfill discussions.
Since 1971 we have always acted in good faith with your offices. The then Chairman of the
Board of Weld County Commissioners, Marshall Anderson, promised his friend Earl Moffatt a
permit for a landfill operation. In the 1971 Public Hearing the landfill had an estimated life of
10-15 years and would not exceed the historical height of the then existing ground. It was further
stated that this land would be returned to "good irrigable land". Recently we noted a proposed
extension that included a 400% increase in capacity to 11.6 million cubic yards. This extension
would extend the landfill for another 38 years. You can see our cause for concern.
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WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
September 27, 1992
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1. Is there any contamination in excess of state or federal standards beyond the boundaries
and emitting from the Central Weld Landfill?
2. If so, has the County/State formally cited the operator/owner of CWL for their violation?
3. If not, why hasn't the County/State cited the operator/owner?
4. What is the extent of this contamination?
5. What hazards does this contamination pose to our groundwater and surface waters?
6. What contamination containment efforts will be used and when?
7. Why does the CWL have a retaining pond when ponding is prohibited by Colorado solid
waste landfill regulations ?
8. Does CWL have a permit for such a pond?
9. If so, what is permit#?
10. If not, why hasn't County/State cited operator/owner for violation of Colorado law and
regulations?
11. What are future plans for CWL?
12. Why?
We request that each of us be given notice of the public hearing at which the
Commissioners wiill address these and other questions related to the Central Weld
Landvill at the addresses listed below.
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September 27, 1992
Page Two
1. Is there any contamination in excess of state or federal standards beyond the boundaries
and emitting from the Central Weld Landfill?
2. If so, has the County/State formally cited the operator/owner of CWL for their violation?
3. If not, why hasn't the County/State cited the operator/owner?
4. What is the extent of this contamination?
5. What hazards does this contamination pose to our groundwater and surface waters?
6. What contamination containment efforts will be used and when?
7. Why does the CWL have a retaining pond when ponding is prohibited by Colorado solid
waste landfill regulations ?
8. Does CWL have a permit for such a pond?
9. If so, what is permit#?
10. If not, why hasn't County/State cited operator/owner for violation of Colorado law and
regulations?
11. What are future plans for CWL?
12. Why?
We request that each of us be given notice of the public hearing at which the
Commissioners wiill address these and other questions related to the Central Weld
Landvill at the addresses listed below.
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September 27, 1992
Page Two
1. Is there any contamination in excess of state or federal standards beyond the boundaries
and emitting from the Central Weld Landfill?
2. If so, has the County/State formally cited the operator/owner of CWL for their violation?
3. If not, why hasn't the County/State cited the operator/owner?
4. What is the extent of this contamination?
5. What hazards does this contamination pose to our groundwater and surface waters?
6. What contamination containment efforts will be used and when?
7. Why does the CWL have a retaining pond when ponding is prohibited by Colorado solid
waste landfill regulations ?
8. Does CWL have a permit for such a pond?
9. If so, what is permit#?
10. If not, why hasn't County/State cited operator/owner for violation of Colorado law and
regulations?
11. What are future plans for CWL?
12. Why?
We request that each of us be given notice of the public hearing at which the
Commissioners wiill address these and other questions related to the Central Weld
Landvill at the addresses listed below.
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September 27, 1992
Page Two
1. Is there any contamination in excess of state or federal standards beyond the boundaries
and emitting from the Central Weld Landfill?
2. If so, has the County/State formally cited the operator/owner of CWL for their violation?
3. If not,why hasn't the County/State cited the operator/owner?
4. What is the extent of this contamination?
5. What hazards does this contamination pose to our groundwater and surface waters?
6. What contamination containment efforts will be used and when?
7. Why does the CWL have a retaining pond when ponding is prohibited by Colorado solid
waste landfill regulations ?
8. Does CWL have a permit for such a pond?
9. If so, what is permit#?
10. If not, why hasn't County/State cited operator/owner for violation of Colorado law and
regulations?
11. What are future plans for CWL?
12. Why?
We request that each of us be given notice of the public hearing at which the
Commissioners wiill address these and other questions related to the Central Weld
Landvill at the addresses listed below.
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