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S yr V __________ ..._ <br />,•~~ °~~04~ . RIO BLANCO COUNTY DEPAR~NT OF DEVELOPMENT <br />~\ <br />~~i~ .~ s' <br />County CouAhouse <br />~~ ~ n ~l~] ~~~ Post O thce Boz 599 <br />~' a~ ~~ UV ., r.9eekei.CO 816ai <br />tANCO ~% iD ' ~ (9 701 8 7 8-5081 <br />.) ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~i FAX (9101 878-5796 <br />-.. <br />March 11, 1999 <br />Environmental Protection Agency <br />Office of Ecosystems Protection <br />Cynthia Cody <br />999 18~ Street, Suite 600 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />RE: Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Yankee Gulch <br />Sodium Minerals Project-American Soda, L.L.P. <br />(January 1999) <br />Dear Cynthia Cody: <br />Rio Blanco County would like to provide the tollow•ing comments <br />for the Draft Envtronmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Yankee <br />Gulch Sodium Minerals Project. These comments are in addition to <br />previous comments submitted in a letter dated March 5, 1999 which <br />identified concerns with the water-quality characterization in the DEIS. <br />In the attached letter dated M14arch 8, 1999 Crom Mr. I:urt ~'ielsen, <br />General Manager oCAmertcan Soda, L.L.P., Mr. Nielsen has satisfactortly <br />addressed the water-quality issues identified by Rio Blanco County. Our <br />main concern is to ensure that existing surface and groundwater ~vater- <br />quality is maintained. .A water-quality monitoring program as outlined in <br />the attached letter from r\mencan Soda L.L.P. would be expected to <br />provtde reasonable assurance chat our existing water-quality is protected <br />and that iCany problem develops. «'ould be quickl~~ tdentified and <br />corrected. <br />American Soda L.L.P. personnel have been cooperattvc ~v~th Rio <br />Blanco County in addressing all identified issues. We have every reason <br />to believe that am' future potcnual issues will be adequatcl~~ resolved and <br />'hat American Soda L.L.P. ~.~'iil be a good neighbor and asset to cnir <br />communirv. <br />