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46 <br />P-5 <br />bewhmarks...esublishedamsidedtemininparta.:'withea[spttifyingeranpeaf <br />P•5.8 P-5.10 Arnericen5sdoopemtionwilladvarxlyimpacuhelowesaquifnsystem.sheuppcr <br />I <br />numhen tonsriNling "srv nal". Nar me the proposed locations fm the hexhmerks aquifer system. and the petchnl squifer system. Paged•Id of the DEIS spctigcally tmxs <br />outlintd Wtdwm a deteileJ subsidence mwitorinp plan. dtc DEIS iv tncomplele. this sipniRcant eevironmental risk exisu. Nosaever, Ne DEIS does not prtsenr whas <br /> specific emiromnenW tmpens w'wld actin in the went of yener than espared <br />Comment 9 subsiJmre. In adJisiw. short will be o hydnolrt gradient wish sht potrnsiel to doer the <br />P-5.9 PropmedAellonWooMV'Iola(e5DdIUmL4NeaslsauedhytheDepartmegtaffhelgterior higherToulDivolvtd$olids(fU5)ofthclowerponionollhclnwtraquifnupinwlDe <br />Cootmry u the DEIS smtttnent "Is does not appem thn this project unuld adseuely B-Graore. A-Gtoose. Pnehed, anJ surfsa~e water symems. The DEIS mNS address wMl <br />afkct future mineDbiliq ofoil stole. pasticnlarly in she oil-rich Mahogany Zone." (DEIS. monitoring systems. cono-ol devices. and mnipoting memurcs will b<ia ptxe so <br />page ES :). the mineebihty of the rich ail shale in the Sellne Znrc wishln the propoxd accuuxly measurt. assess std limit these adverse impacu so she pruunJsnrer. Nth<e <br />mining intenab will defisdtely 6e edrerxly impxled. Funhemgre, ifthne will bed wa[er and the environment SucM1aprogram needs to be made osdiloble for public <br />fca of surlhce wbaidetue, the oil-rich Mahogany Zona will likewix ett a wrtesWraliny eommenl. <br />or greater subsidence tllttt cad seaull to adverx ilrlpNtt to the mineebility of she oil <br />shalt in the Aiehogany Zone. Seclion(C)ofshe oripNl American $ode Sodium Leax p.5.11 Commem ll <br />tloree Lack of Supporting Dan and Andpb Cnnrernlog Impart ofDryleHaa of Wotrr from the <br /> $hdbw Adurinm is the Psnchuse Creek Vdley and Colorado Riser <br />ml The leve<shell hass she right end privilege (I) m mis and Page ES-3 0(shc DEIS asesea she pmjm will consume y ti CFS of water. Dw there n no <br />e<rrxs ail shale or mho mamrinl located above Ne Saline Zone for rtseucb, du andysia or evidewr char any inv<srigauons were tonduned m dc¢rtnine <br />the sole purpose of empleeing wch she(u or mher conies u arc tht eR<ns of dtDlnbn of Nc caner from the ehollow alluvium N the Perxhuse beck <br />raxessory amtarc authorial by the Regiwd Mining Supervisor to 'a'Illey and from she Colorado River. Ins<ead. page d.13 olthe DEIS makes • blarskn <br />gain xcen m the (rased deposiu far mining. eaaaction and swumrns tMt, -The Propoxd ,\ction would have no odrene eRects nn the queliry o(Ne <br />¢movel apemlioN. and [2) to mine, extras end prxea by ran- Colutedo Rirn." The DEIS should tiro p,blirly available mtdiea in support of wch a <br />enacting rttethods, which art chemi W or mechmicel and do not sweeping, one eemmce conclusion on the environmenul impxr of the proym on such an <br />requirt the use of heas.25 G.P.T. al Shale mterminplcd wish she imponent environmrnWly imponent nslmal rcwuroe. Additiowlly, if she niter <br />ksxd deposiu. bus only to she extmt necessary for and as an drpledan analysts bras oat been completed. rM DEIS s1M<ment on page ES.q char, "..no <br />incidem so dse mining, exvaction. pmcosing, benefciatlon and wedonds could be oRttrcd or the Pittance and Parachute sine"cannot M euppoHCJ. <br />nmoeal of the IeaseJ depnits, and only so loop es in the opinion Thrndme. th,: DEIS is incomplete withosu inclmiun of shoe rawly set since she projnn <br />of the Regional Suprrviwr, chore is no signlficanr a<gverion ur enviromvental impact wMOI acttuately' bt predicted. These studies must be completed <br />rtmos'al of the 2y G P.T. ()115ho1e end the Zg G.P.T Oil Shale is and made available (nr public comment I+eforc she DEI$ ten be deemed es consplesc. <br />nos by the mimng. <smtlion, pracefaing and bene5ciation <br />rtndcrcd uu(r or signileantly lowcrtd in quality'for retuning P•5.12 Comment 121aek of 5opperling Uala and Analysis Con<erning Groondxyhr Quallp <br />purpoxs. In section 44.2, with the ausaDle euegiun oCciting she EPA dassificasims oC <br /> groundwater hs Me l:niu Formation u an USDq.'. the DEIS does not cancan rtfertnce ID <br />Since she wdinm minnrals art mmmingl<d wiN the rich ail slide in exrev of 35 G.P.T.. en)'smdy nr.ale-spetilic snaly'sis onlumirtg the pmpoxd rtGon'a imWrl on <br />the American Soda process of epracting sodium minerals from Iht ail .hale matrix will groundwater qusily. SpecJcally, with rcspecr ro rhr Alluvid and Upper Aquifers and <br />significantly lmvn the quality of the oil shale [ar atoning water willMtell Nthese nc~ 5elimty eootem of Ns A-Groove. and she likelihood [hanhex formmions are USDw. <br />sponge-life taviries oral conventional mining operations wmnld he uNble to safely mine she inital drilling of Artltrican Soda's wlmion mining well 2g-) nerd monitoring well 20- <br />end awetthe rich oil shale for processing. ThN the Wprovel to miN the indium I (llElS pogo T~ 19 k 21), the rc[ertntt so the "grab sample eollen<d n ay (cat" and <br />minnnlr is in violation of Amaicm Solo's radium leax issued b)' Ne Dtpenmtnt of the caaspondms caner queliry consdmenrs arc impossible m interpret wishom knowing the <br />Insrnm (DOD. methodologies and canditioN ohhs 1<su: <br />[nmmrm III <br />r's•1•l V <br />Impa[I of Subsidevm on Aquifer Syslws oat Adequately addnned a. iiuw wcrc Jtoc aumpics coiiaw<i i <br />b. Attms Wtat intmol wart the holes open'. <br />1l in foot there will M smCxe wbsiderse (rePonedly up In) (M) v e malt ofAmericon I c. What drilling Quid edditiret wart being uad ord wcrt these accounted (or in <br />I <br />Soda's openlions, then will M corresponding subsurface subsidence a(the intemla the Dnalysis? <br />between the rotation mined avitio W the ground wrfecc. Iris being the rose, the d. Wes short any steel pipe in the well bom dwing sampling" <br />pogo a Pogc 5 <br />~ ~ i <br />