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July 22,2004 Loretta Larson 22342 Henry Road Escalon, Ca. 95320 San Joaquin County Community Development Department Attn: John Funderburg, Contact Person 1810 East Hazelton Stockton, Ca. 95205 Subject: Application Referral mailed 7-16-04. Application#PA0400250 (QX) (APN/Address 249-050-17 - 22469 S. Henry Road, Escalon) Applicant: George Reed, Inc. (Quarry Excavation) Please accept this letter as our protest against the above referenced application. Our property address is 22342 Henry Road, Escalon, Ca. 95320 Upon receipt of the Application Referral letter, our first thought was "We can just sell and move." But, then the second thought was"We can't do that, because of disclosure laws." Once we disclose to a buyer that a Quarry will exist across the road approximately 75 feet from our front yard and would be functional for 10 to 12 years, who would want the property? We are now retired. This has been our home since 1989. If this application is approved it will significantly affect us for the remainder of our lives. There is no justification to subject the inhabitants of this area to the harmful and invasive environment created by a Quarry operation in our front yard. Who will be responsible for damages to our property, our health, and our environment caused by this operation? Quarry excavation impacts our environment by increasing hazardous dust, hazardous gas and/or diesel fumes, vibrations to our structures (geological damages) , contamination of ground water, and lowering of the ground water level, excessive noise and increased traffic. The dust will contain Crystalline silica which is classified as a toxic air contaminant that causes cancer. The State of California has determined under Proposition 65 that crystalline silica(airborne particles of respirable size)is a carcinogen (CCR, 1996). According to UCLA Labor Occupational Safety Health Program(LOSH). Crystalline silica which is a Toxic Air Contaminant is prevalent in rock, sand and gravel operations in California.. Crystalline silica will be in the particle phase in the atmosphere, and hence subject to wet and dry deposition.