WSP02419

• File Number: 8220.127.I
• Description: Savery-Pot Hook Project
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 10/30/1976
• Title: Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Statement Savery-Pot Hook Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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1 application which post date the passage of the Colorado River

2 Storage project. not be granted. That the Bureau of Reclamation

3 contract with the irrigation district stipulate that no transfer

4 or project waters can be made to industrial uses, and. that the

5 final Impact statement detail impacts which could occur if coal

6 development proceeded, specifically, social impacts, water quan-

7 tity and quality, land use changes and wildlife impacts. We

8 disagree totally with the casual statement on page H-l7, that

9 energy development would have less impact on wildlife than irri-

10 gation.

11 From our research and consultation with geologists, we

12 believe this part of the state has some rather unique geologic

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13 situations; extremely unstable soil conditions and a combination

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14 of toxic soil elements that is potentially dangerous. How would

15 coal development take place in this particular environment?

16 Considering the free soil elements we mentioned previously, what

17 would happen if these formations were put in a state if dis-

18 equilibrium? Would the synergistic process be increased? Would

19 these elements then be leached into the surface and subsurface

20 water? I'fuat kind of mine spoil problems would there be in strata

21 which even now is prone to landslides without any disturbance?

22 What happens to elk winter range when it is mined?

What kind of

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23 social impact would occur when either a deep mine or a strip mine

24 or a thousand megawatt power plant?

25 vie would not like to see this area become another boom

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