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L-3 ,< <br /> <br />glO g1AMC0 COUNTY DEMRIMFNI OF DEVlLOFNENI <br />{ Ceu+r crwws <br />,, { ~~ i % eon qNC. b. N< <br />vsa.w.<a nut <br />Page 1, Larry Shulu March J. 1999 <br />tmgPefwt <br />ru Ir1q Ir1 SrN <br /> <br />L <br />9 <br />2 The Impacts of anbaldenee Irom mining ¢tinnn on the upper end <br />Martit 3, 1999 • <br />. lower aquifer are r~ol aAcyver<ly dieeuaaed or reRected in a wnler• <br /> monitonng plan. It is our undeatrnding ihet there art mbatnnWl dote <br />CERTIFIED MAIL Z 101 571 J19 to suggest that there are prtaently hydrologic avnneclions between <br /> aorfoce hydrology end bedrock hydrvlogy neu the project site. The elkaG <br />Larry Shulta Nte anayust to the north of this site ie an caampk. In addition. dau <br />USDI Bureau of land Management eupplicd wnh the DEIS for thin projM could suggetl That thle ConnecUen <br />W here River Recourse Area wets ae far upeveam as tlv project aron. All aqulrer systems, includmg <br />7J396 Highway 6e Ixal sPrings, Pioeanca Creek, and the Prceanee Creek valley fill aquifer, <br />Mocker, CD 81641 ehduid be included N a water~quelity monitoring program. <br />RE: Draft EndronmenW Impact Staroment/Yankee Gulch <br />L The wmrrury dmcunion of the cumulative impede from thls <br />Sodium Ninerala Project~Amrrican 8odn. L.L.P. •9.9 project on grtrundweter NrIIe 5~e1 suggests that potential impecro would <br />jJenunry 19991 be local end not rtgionelly aignifican4 Thle cosy not accurately reflect <br /> the ulualion The proledion and meinronanc<ol the nisdng water <br />Deer Mr. Shulta: quagty of the region has been idcrtf:led es a mepr iaarre in Rio Blanco <br /> County i Master Plan. This project ties the potential to impsul both <br />Rto Blanca County would late m pmride the following comments surlnc<end bedrxk hydrology end mukl Impact water quality locally. <br />for the Dn0 Environmentd Impact Stetemem (DEIS) for the Yankee rtgiondly, end beyond. For example, any inveaee in diemlved solids <br />Gulch 9odmm Mlnenb Project. We have aeriaus eaneema wiN wort seriamly impact agnwlmrsl visbiliry along Px'rence Creek ea well <br />rcrercntt a the hydrogeolape ehanc[erlrntun and proposed venter na local springs and welb coed for dameetic purposes. Any algrtigcanl <br />monitoring plan. The Inform-uon provided court kna to erroneous degradation of water qualiry a1m could dfect futon development of <br />cgndwiom by rtgtilatmy agencies end othen about eaietin6 mnditlane nehcolite, oil sha/q end other Industries in the Iwln. The nquikn <br />in Piceance Basin. It is unptwtanl that deaialone shorn a projeel of this impacted 6y this protect Interact with Picunce Crc<k and uldmetey the <br /> <br />si- D< bated on good ecientt. Whim Rver. Thcec riven arc the <r mums of domestic, a icullural. <br />R1°y ~ <br /> and induurid water br the western hdl of Rig Blanco Couny. The <br />S~gni0cant data b the water-queliry charactewtion in the DEIS Whits River also ie home to several entlangered specks of Rsh and <br />L.3,~ appear anomalvua when compared with the kegs Aatabasr [hat exists for ulnmatety euDPli<• water Io the Cobnd9 River end much of tA< <br />rho Piceance Basin. Abnormal backgro:uW wncentradons of • numhrr fouthwest U. S. The minng grid watermonitorrng plena for this Protect <br />of coneliluenta each o chromium, sine, diemWed mhde, nitrate+, should address these poronual impacts. <br />etc. ere ten to eras-thotmrd Umn or more grwter than other <br />nlvites <br />, <br />aempMs taken from nearby and elsewhert in the basin Ipegn 3.10. J~7I, a <br />L•9 <br />4 Rio Blanco County requesro to 4 • pertieipent m the design of the <br />lan +hoWd <br />This <br />hi <br />t <br />( <br />throughout the rtpertl. In addNion, date appear to hsve been rrlettirely . p <br />s Drolec <br />. <br />or t <br />warerquelity monibrlrg program <br />retrined Tram the dataGx and past reports to impy [hat e:isung water- <br />mundvratcr standards. seen <br />t Cdorodo <br />itl <br />d <br />t include the cebhliehment o(eceunte boe<line conditions, which <br />mdudp exlating U. S. Bcobgieal Survey IUSOdI dale, EPA QA/QC <br />g <br />o no <br />mee <br />ons <br />quehry Irond <br />when the bWk of the data, from the rate and elsewhere. do not euppon epPro<ed lab or the UBOS 6b for water andysla, earl inAependenl <br />shoe eancludona (Pages 3-IT, 3-19). NyArolope sm[emrnv of inc.. ae <br />incanatetenl and Inecmuate In thv report i.e., gradients and Row veriiieation ui enu.pu„p a~.d d.:.:..-.ayaie. fl' ee.^!inp e!:^"!^-!`r <br />wnduclcd along eccePted procedures of the hydrologic c<mmvnitY. <br />dirccli0ns (pages 3-1T, 3-101, end eanecnvadons of mnrtltuen[e sad <br />TD9 Jpagea J~1T, 3-10 end throughout the rcponJ <br /> <br />