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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~, <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Dear Reviewer: <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />White River Resource Area <br />73544 Highway 64 <br />Meeker, Colorado 81641 - JANUARY 11, 1999 <br />This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed <br />Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project for American Soda, L.L.P. is <br />submitted for your review and comment. This DEIS has been <br />prepared to analyze the potential impacts of sodium solution <br />mining in the Piceance Basin of Rio Blanco County, Colorado. <br /> If you wish to comment on the DEIS, we request that you make your <br />' comments as specific as possible. Comments will be more helpful <br /> if they include suggested changes, sources, or methodologies. <br /> Comments that contain only opinions or preferences will not <br /> receive a formal response; however, they will be considered and <br /> included as part of the BLM decision making process. <br />' Two public meetings are scheduled to receive comments for this <br />DEIS. The first will be held at the BLM office at 73544 Highway <br />64 in Meeker, Colorado at 7:00 p.m. on February 10, 1999. The <br />' second will be held at the Town Hall Council Chambers, 222 Grand <br />Valley Way, Parachute, Colorado at 7:00 p.m. on February 11, <br />1999. Address all comments concerning this DEIS to Mr. Larry <br />' Shults, Natural Resource Specialist, U.S. Bureau of Land <br />Management, white River Resource Area, 73544 Highway 64, Meeker, <br />CO 81641. <br />' This DEIS was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental <br />Policy Act, and other regulations and statutes, to address <br />possible environmental and socio-economic impacts which could <br />' result from the project and to solicit public comments and <br />concerns. This DEIS is not a decision document. Its purpose is <br />to inform the public of the impacts associated with implementing <br />the companies' commercial sodium mining proposal and to evaluate <br />' alternatives to the proposal. This DEIS is also intended to <br />provide information to other regulatory agencies for use in their <br />decision making process for other permits required for <br />implementation of the project. <br />Please retain this copy of the DEIS for future reference. A copy <br />' of the EIS has been sent to affected Government agencies and to <br />those persons who responded to scoping or otherwise indicated to <br />BLM that they wished to receive a copy of the DEIS. Copies of <br />the DEIS are available for public inspection at the Bureau of <br />' Land Management, 73544 Highway 64, Meeker, CO 81641. <br />SiQnc~er~el~y,~,~Q~ <br />' John J. Mehlhoff <br />Resource Area Manager <br /> <br />