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<br />_....,--, <br />.~ <br />.' <br /> <br />: ~"''':..ij <br /> <br /> <br />~.7G- J L/. 2-.' <br /> <br />COLORADO OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br /> <br />4210 E.11TH AVENUE DENVER 80220 PHONE 388-6111 <br />ANTHONY ROBBINS, M.D.,M.P.A. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. <br /> <br />Oetober6, ~976 <br /> <br />Mr. Phil Schmuck <br />Department of Local Affairs <br />~313 Sherman Street - Room 520 <br />'Denver ,Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Fruitland Mesa <br />ProJect. <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />This. Department has. the following conunellts on the Draft Envirornnental <br />Impaet Statement: <br /> <br />1. With a proposed l.ltilization of 21,300 acre. feet of water from <br />the Co19rado and Gunnison Rivers for irrigation, there is a <br />concern for polluti.on of the water caused by return flow with <br />an increase in the total dissolved solids content in the Colo- <br />. ra:do River,.'res)lltillg inwater qualitydegra.dation. It is <br />suggested that a management or mitigation measure be incorporated <br />into.~he final Environmental Impact Statement. <br /> <br />. . <br />2. No. quantitative assessment is made of the exis.ting air quality <br />or metei'ological condit:i..ons in the area, particularly in rel:;t- <br />tion to the kinds Of pollutants generated during the construction <br />phase' and from motor vehicles and campsites when the area is <br />used as a recreational site. <br /> <br />Perfunctory consideration is given.to. meeting all applicable <br />standards of. the State and Federal government without specify- <br />ing how dust abatement, vehicle emissions, etc., are to be COn- <br />trolled. Fugitive dust permits. and permits for stationary <br />Sources of air pollutioll, such. as concrete mixing and rock <br />crushing operations, must be obtained from the Air Pollution <br />Control Division of the State Health: Depa.rtment, prior to <br />. commencing any .construction. <br /> <br />. f.-;:-;~:':'-::~-"-' <br />I . .'" ,/,"" I <br />. ~... . I "';. ':.; t.f J . I <br /> <br />0(;,"'1(\ 'I(\("~ <br />. -~ t,l' ,,/ 1..1 <br /> <br />'. '. ~.~- <br /> <br />I : <br />L,.._ <br /> <br />I.'," <br />__~,,-~~;ii-""G <br /> <br />f,',IF, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.' <br />~:: <br />