To: Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
We request the EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers deny the wetlands permit requested by Telluride...
While the signatories to this petition support an efficient and cost effective medical facility in San Miguel County, we ask the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deny Telluride Hospital District's request for a wetlands permit for the reasons set forth below.
Why is this important?
1. We vehemently oppose a site that destroys our valued wetlands and some 10,000 year old fens. The Town of Mountain Village failed to disclose to the EPA and the Army Corps that there are 2 rare fens adjacent to THD's proposed site. Both the Town of Mountain Village and THD failed to disclose to the EPA and the Army Corps that THD will destroy or seriously impact wetlands that are protected under an EPA management agreement.
2. We want a location that has access to all as equally as possible-including Ophir, Norwood, Placerville, Sawpit, the Town of Mountain Village and the Town of Telluride.
3. THD has failed, and refused outright, to provide a reliable study of financial feasibility for the new medical center with projected demographics and healthcare needs, most likely because it knows that the projected demographics and healthcare needs will not support a 40,000 square foot facility. THD has failed to consider the affect a large, new, publicly funded medical center would have on the existing local, privately owned, small health oriented businesses, including pharmacies and physical therapists.
4. There are viable and practicable alternative sites to the proposed location in Mountain Village and the alternative sites will have minimal environmental impacts.
We, the signatories of this petition, ask the Telluride Hospital District Board of Directors to work with San Miguel County, the Town of Telluride, the Town of Mountain Village, EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and others to find a site that meets with the above, in order to serve ALL members of our communities equally and respect our precious environmental habitat.
2. We want a location that has access to all as equally as possible-including Ophir, Norwood, Placerville, Sawpit, the Town of Mountain Village and the Town of Telluride.
3. THD has failed, and refused outright, to provide a reliable study of financial feasibility for the new medical center with projected demographics and healthcare needs, most likely because it knows that the projected demographics and healthcare needs will not support a 40,000 square foot facility. THD has failed to consider the affect a large, new, publicly funded medical center would have on the existing local, privately owned, small health oriented businesses, including pharmacies and physical therapists.
4. There are viable and practicable alternative sites to the proposed location in Mountain Village and the alternative sites will have minimal environmental impacts.
We, the signatories of this petition, ask the Telluride Hospital District Board of Directors to work with San Miguel County, the Town of Telluride, the Town of Mountain Village, EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and others to find a site that meets with the above, in order to serve ALL members of our communities equally and respect our precious environmental habitat.