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2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIS AND RF;SPONSES TO COMMENTS This chapter of the final EIS contains a copy of all written comments received on the draft EIS and oral testimony presented at Cite Grand Junction public hearing (Section 2.l), and responses to those comments (Section 2.2). The public comment period extended for 60 days, beginning July 25, 1986 and rndittg September 23, 1986. Public hearings were held in Meeker, Colorado, on August 26, 1986, end Grand Junction, Colorado, on August 27, 1986. 2.1.2 List of Comment Letters/T~+~~r+pt TABLE 2-1 COMMENT LETTERS/TRANSCRIPT RECEIVED ON THE DRAFT EIS Commoner better Numher 2.1 Public Comments 2.1.1 Introduction The public comment letters submitted on the draft EIS appear in the order they were receival by the White River Resource Area Office. To reduce the total volume of reprinted materials in this text, extensive: attachments to some comment letters, that do not raise speafic issues, have not been included. Following the ktters is the trtutscript from the public hearing in Grand Junction. No substantive comments, that raised specific issues, were received from the public at the Meeker public hearing; therefore, the transcript was cot included in this doatmenL The transcript for the Mceker public hearing is available for public review at the BLM White River Resource Aron office in Maker, Colorado. For ease of reference, the comment letters and the Grand Junction public hearing transcript have: been listed in Table 2-1, according to sours. The letter number or transcript number refers to the designation in the upper left hand comer of each letter or transcript. Over 200 individual comments, taken from 16 individual letters and the Grand Junction public hearing transcript, were received on the draft EIS. Section 2.2 of this chapter contains a detailed response to each comment The bulls of the comments involved geohydrologic concerns. FEDERAL AGENCIES U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service-Rocky Mountain Region 16 U.S. Departmrnt of the Interior Bureau of Mines 3 Bureau of Reclamation Uppo Colorado Regional Office 4 Engineering and Research Center 7 Geological Survey 12 Geological Survey-Office o[ Energy & Marine Geology 10 National Park Service 9 U.S. Fish and W~dlife Soria 14 U.S. Eavironmenul Protection Agency 13 STATE AGENCIES Colorrdo Historial Society 15 Department of Health-Air Quality Coauol Division 5 Department of Nalunal Resource- Division of Wildlife 5 INDIVIDUAIS AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS Daub & Associate 11 Donald R. Johnson 8 Joao L. Savage 2 John W. Savage, Jr. 1 Wright Water Engineers, loc. 6 PUBLIC HEARINGS Grand Jmction, Colorado A Bdl Hollis, Wrigbt Water Engineers for WoII Ridge Corp. A Jerry Daub, Daub & Associates for Wolf Ridge Corp. A Martin Jone, Cliffs Engineering Inc. for Wolf Ridge Corp. A 2.13 Comment Letters/Transcript 2-1