PERMFILE68505

• Permit No: M1999025
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/21/1999
• Doc Name: SOARING EAGLE GRAVEL PIT FN M-99-025
• From: GLEN A MILLER & ASSOCIATES
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Glen A. Miller and Associates
Consulting Geologists, Hydrologists
t~ECEIVED
MAY 2 4 1999
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Mr. Steve S. Shuey
Colorado Div. of Minerals & Geology
84 Turner Drive, Bldg. F, Suite 101
Durango, CO 81301
RE: File No. ~1-99-025, Soaring Eagle Gravel Pit
Dear Mr. Shuey:
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Thank you for holding the recent informational meeting in Grand Junction and for this
opportunity to comment.
The regulatory documents that I have seen related to this project appear to focus on the
immediate site but do not address what appear to be significant upstream as well as downstream
impacts. Briefly, the risk of diverting the main Colorado River through the gravel pit by flooding
will be greatly increased by the proposed "Texas Crossing" structure described in the U.S. C. of
E. Notice. Attached is a copy of my letter to the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The comments
are a summary of my knowledge of existing conditions and future scenarios of reasonably certain,
but unwanted, environmental impacts. The processes and scenarios noted below are based, in
large part, on hydrologic principles, on what has occurred on many western rivers as a result of
natural processes interrupted by man's activities, and upon my experience during a 35-year period
with the U.S. Geological Survey, and more than 10 years' experience as a consulting geo-
hydrologist.
My concerns include important public values, as well as those related to my property near the
project. If you haa•e questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
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Glen A. Miller

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Received
MAY 2 1 1999
May 20, 1999
1048 Independent Avenue, #A-106 Grand Junction, Colorado 81505