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• l1Or~ UNtT~STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AQENCY <br />~ d ~ REQION VIII <br />\~\/7I/~ B8!! 18th STREET -SUITE 60~ <br />~ DCNYCtt, COLORADO 60202-2400 <br />J11 ~ s ~ <br />Ref: SIiWM-]?F <br />Ma. Jessie Robelsoa <br />ActmE Assiara>E Manager for <br />Favinomatatal Restoration <br />U.S. Dc~atmtat of F^- oy <br />Rocky Flats Oflico <br />p.0. Bax 928 <br />Golden, CO 80402-0928 <br />Dear Ms. Roberson: <br />HPA was ret~nily ooatacted iegandiag ice' of m~mg operations is the & ~:k <br />CteEk atra of the Roc~g:Flata PLgat site. Tfac letter is to fotmalty notify you of a mtmbet of <br />coacezns we have with this proposal <br />First, BPA has consistently stated that it is the Department of Energy's (DOB) <br />trsponsibr7ity as the owner of the Rocky l?laLS Saperfvnd site and as a party to the <br />Interagency Agreement to easorz that any activrty does not result in an unacceptable risk tc <br />human heahdt or the emimnraent by spreading eustiag coaismffiation, does not interfere R th <br />_.._ ongoing Com~sive Bavitoanrantal Response, Compeasatia~n, and Liabr7ity Act respon <br />activities, and does not rauQt in auarased response costs. DOB must prvtzde spec~ic <br />. information about the thimng proposal including (1) the exact azsa affecxed, (2) the nature <br />and extent of coaramiaation m the atrz, (J) the activities involved, (4) an assessmetu of <br />associated risk, and (S) some inberprt~ultion of the iafomtation to demonstrate that their <br />raspansr'tu7itiea have been met. <br />Sexamdly, the real poss-3itltp of minutg in the.Rocky Flats buffer zone dictates the <br />considatation of mining as a land use scrnario in the baseline rick assessments cuaently <br />underway. Given this proposal, DOB should rewnsider the range of Nicely fntraz uses fo <br />the buffer zone. Aa eoologiral preserve a<ceaario may no loagri be reasonable, at least in <br />an°as where mineral rights arz atX owned by DOk. <br />~~+ RiaM tNl Rr? Jrd Harr <br />