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<br />, - <br />, <br /> <br />," I' <br /> <br />OUTLINE: COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE DOE EIS ON SURFACE RETORT PROJECTS <br /> <br />1. Need for comprehensive analysis of impacts: <br /> <br /> <br />air quality <br /> <br /> <br />surface and groundwater quality <br /> <br /> <br />availability of surface water, impacts of surface impoundments and diversions <br /> <br /> <br />wildlife, including state and federal threatened and endangered and proposed <br /> <br /> <br />T & E wildlife and plants <br /> <br /> <br />trace elements in air and water effluents <br /> <br />soils, veget~tion <br /> <br /> <br />land use patterns <br /> <br /> <br />handling of mine wastes; long term stabilization and reclamation)leaching <br /> <br /> <br />problems <br /> <br /> <br />need for major new community facilities: schools, water and sewer systems, <br /> <br /> <br />hedlth care, other public facilities <br /> <br /> <br />need for housing; availability of construction and m6rtgage financing <br /> <br /> <br />financl<ll hurden on local governments, including counties, towns, and <br /> <br /> <br />special distripts <br /> <br /> <br />impacts on the local economy <br /> <br /> <br />social impacts <br /> <br /> <br />availability of trained miners and construction workers and other, <br /> <br /> <br />personnel and capability of present manpower training programs <br /> <br /> <br />capability of the transportation system <br /> <br /> <br />likelihood of associated upgrading and refining facilities; their environ- <br /> <br /> <br />mental and socio-economic impacts <br /> <br /> <br />"jurisdictional mismatch" problems ...:.- impacts in one county, state, <br /> <br /> <br />school district and tax base in another jurisdiction <br /> <br /> <br />"lead time" problems, i.e., impacts occur before the increased tax revenues <br /> <br />are avaiiable- <br /> <br />increased need (or construction materials, e.g., aggregate impacts of <br /> <br /> <br />associated minin80 <br /> <br /> <br />2. Need for analysis of cumulative impacts <br /> <br /> <br />Because of the uncertainty about future levels of oil shale production, <br /> <br /> <br />should consider anaiyzing multiple baselines -- "most likely", low, and high <br /> <br />cases of other shale development. <br /> <br />,ttO <br />