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~~aiaeol ~orrASpandmce Dnly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />aEP~eiNEMi pf N~IUeNS 9ESOygCE3 <br />T0: STATE [LEARINGNWSE (~ ~ <br />FROM: JIN MORRIS, YILDLIFE BIOLOGIST\/r,~ ~~isse~ <br />N <br />OI <br />DATE: September 2, 1986 <br />DfvlSfon of Y1ldiife personnel have rcvieaed the draft E[S for the <br />Yolf Ridge Corporation nahcolite sot utfon mine. D1 vision employees <br />sere lnvolred with thls project during scoping basal lne and smlttng <br />of this document. The proposed conrnttted mltigaticn will cr...pensate <br />for habitat loss and a11ev1ates our problems with the DroDased action. <br />Ye aDDreclate the consultation by the project Dropanent and BLM early <br />in the planning process. <br />JN:j4 <br />xc: Tully <br />File <br />A~.; , <br />~r.~ <br />C~ 1 , <br />)~ ! ti <br />vK ' C J <br />rf ~ ~° <br />r <br />`~- <br />QI <br />1 <br />SEP 0 51986 <br />DadMladliwmmlarr <br /> <br />Wright Water frlahlren, Inc. <br />lHNYfAOFFKE TULSA OFFICE <br />9E90 VAfl3elh AK., Sune SSA )a) SattM1 HaNOn Sure 193 <br />Denver, Cobraao 90311 TY W, CNJahonu )el]) <br />Ila)I xaLLI)00 (9191 s9e~)n6 <br />GL[NwOOD SPRINGS CafKF <br />ale eoior,m Avenue <br />P.O. ~, ] 19 <br />Glenvwd 9prl~w. CYWdo 91601 <br />nonws nss <br />Ihw.er oinas tire: e9s.16a9 <br />September 19. 1986 <br />Mr. Willy Fnnk. Project CaoNislaor <br />Bureau of land Msnagemens <br />While River Resource Arco <br />P.O. Bm 928 <br />Mttker. CO 81601 <br />Re: ResPonx by Wright Water Faginttrs. Inc.. Concerning 'profs <br />Envlronmentel Impna Statement Wolt Ridge Corpomtlon Mine <br />Plan for Nahcolite Solution Mine', July 1986. Reply Reference <br />No. 1972(162)1300 <br />Dear Mc Frank: <br />Thonk you (or the opportunity to resent a brief oml response to she dmB <br />EIS on August 27, 1986 1n Grand Function. Colorado. As she public mttting. <br />1 mode m oml rtspunx cann:ming rollapu a( the solution mvitia and <br />turbulent Bow. hydmullc connection of Ihe aquifen. and rtference to a <br />100-fool heed difftrentt belsveen the Iwo aquifen. <br />The following is art elabornsion a( the oral responx plus additional com- <br />ments. <br />1. 1 would like to stets-Ihe need for the puDlie egellcies end indus- <br />Irinl water cronsulsanss to eWndon Ihe upper and lower aquilrr <br />tetmirwlogy. The continued use of skis nomencloture odds to Ihe <br />existing contusion of the Picennce Creek Basin hydrology. Slmsi- <br />grsphic. slnFnuml. and hyJrologis evidcntt in that portion of <br />Ihe basin benemh Ihe Wolf Ridge Corporation Iwxs mdicatts <br />hydraulic connetlion of Ihe 'two aquifers'. Therefore. disnrssion <br />ay Ihe groundwater hydrology should be conttmed with 'Ihe aqui- 55; <br />far', na the 'upper' errd 'loner' agwfen. 6506 <br />It is epporem throughout the EIS thin Ihe 'upper' enJ 'lower' <br />aquifen are considercJ or implied Io be hydraullnlly discon- <br />neged. <br />A repotldcroett of Ihe data omasseJ by Wolf Ridge mnsullants show <br />mete hydraWic connMion hetwttn Ihe so rnlled 'upper' and <br />'lower' aquifers. These rlalu shuulJ R acknuwlctlgeJ and srxd <br />unless Iherc ore slam to prose uthelwix. <br />