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1 <br />' 4.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br />Even though the Sunday properties aze excluded under Subpart b, this information summary and <br />' review has considered the broader issue of whether or not the operation of these mines poses any <br />significant level of risk to hiunan health or the environment. The following conclusions can be <br />' drawn from the available iN'ormation summarized herein: <br />' Neazest residents are 16 miles away. <br />• Area poorly suited to either recreational or homesite/urban development. <br />' - Soils are used extensively for prospecting and mining of uranium and vanadium, <br />aze poorly suited for recreational or urban development. <br />• Minor impacts to wildlife (deer, elk, antelope) <br />' - human presence, activity and mine-related disturbance discourages use as winter <br />range. <br />• Natural levels of radioactivity in many azeas surrounding mines aze greater than at mine <br />' site. <br />' Groundwater in contact with irregulazly-distributed ore zones may contain naturally <br />elevated levels of uranium or other minerals. <br />' - infiltration from surface is highly unlikely, due to net evaporation and shales <br />underlying land surface. <br />- groundwater encountered azound the 500-foot level of the mine. <br />' HOUSE]LSU4'M~WPM0.pLLEllFll59nW5UN5VN RPl' <br />Page 17 <br />