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CHAPTER N CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION Due to the change fran evaporation to disposal by deep well injection a public involverrent program was initiated in 1981. This section will serve as the Public Involvem=nt SUllUlary Report on the public involvem=nt process since the Final Environmental statem=nt. Public Involverrent and Information In September of 1982, a newsletter announcing a public meeting and a tour to be held on November 13 and 14 respectively was mailed to city and county governments, newspapers, and radio and television stations serving the area and was made available to all residents of the affected area. Seventeen people participated in the public meeting on November 13, 1981. Many technical questions were asked including the type of facilities required, impact on the local econanic system, the potential and result if oil and gas were found, mineral rights, and the potential of earthquakes fran injection. The answers to the questions presented by Reclamation and Williams Brothers Engineering Canpany, a design consultant, were satisfactory to those in attendance. Of these issues, earthquake potential and local econanic impacts generated the greatest concern. The potential for earthquakes was explained and it was noted that a seismic rronitoring system has already been included in; the test process and its operation would continue through the injection well study period. Econanic considerations are of major importance to the study area due to high unerrployrrent and have been discussed in Chapter III, Social and Econanic. On November 14, 1981, five local people toured the well-field testing facilities. Since 1981, various news articles have appeared in The Denver Post; The Durango Herald; Tllres Independent, Moab, Utah; San Miguel Basin Forum, Nucla t Colorado; Cortez Sentinel and Montezuma Valley Journal, Cortez, Colorado; Montrose Daily Press, [):)lores Star, and the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. These news articles have been generally informational and have provided a periodic progress update. An informational presentation was made on June 9, 1982, to the ute Trail Study Club in Redvale, Colorado. In June 1984, a newsletter was mailed to city and county governments, newspapers, and radio and television stations, serving the area and was made available to all residents of the affected area. It provided a general update of the unit status and a description of how the unit will proceed. As construction begins on the test wells, further information dissemination will continue. Contact with local landowners and residents is continuing. Any questions about the unit are answered pranptly. OCY 60 18