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Mrs. Dora Mae Trampe Page Four April 16, 1981 • Health Care -The section on health care, Page 24, will be totally modified. The discussion will center on physicial availability, clinics, acute care and long-term care facilities, mental health and social ser- vice programs, and disaster plans. In addition, the discussion on Page 33 will be expanded to look at potential alternative health care delivery systems. • Sales Tax in Crawford -The reference in Page 27 to the existence of a one percent sa es city tax in Crawford will be eliminated. • Overall Population Impacts - The discussion on Page 54 concerning potential total population growth in the region indicates cumulative impacts, not just the impacts of Western Slope Carbon. The narrative will be revised to this effect. In addition, according to our estimates of a worst case scenario, the irnpact of Western Slope Carbon, in speci- fic, accounts for only 250 of the projected 4520 (or 5.5%) population growth anticipated in Delta County over the next five years. These changes will be indicated on Poge 56. These are primarily the errors referred to in the comments received from Delta County as being "cosmetic in nature." The revision of the document is suggested to present a complete socio-economic assessment in a single volume. Clarification of Issues Other issues besides informational deficiencies concerning the socio-economic assess- ment were raised in the comments prepared by Gunnison and Delta Counties. In this section, those issues which are significant are discussed. In most cases, clarification is required. In others, additional research will be undertaken to provide the informa- tion. • Orchard City - It was pointed out by Delta County that the study did not refer- to Orc7iard City and that this oversight was a "major deficiency." We did not include detailed discussions of Orchard City for the reason that the assessment focused only on those areas iri which major impacts may occur. Referring to the list of employees' place of residence on Page 3 of the study, the area comprising Orchard City (Austin, Cory, and Eckert) accounted for only 10 of the 319 employees, or 3.1%. Considering an additional work force of only 31 new hires, it was assumed that the impact on Orchard City would be relatively minor compared to the impact on Paonia, Delta, Crawford, and Hotchkiss, which account for 80%of the existing work force's place of residence. Therefore, Orchard City was not included in the study.