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Public Comments <br />Scoping Meeting and Comment Period during September /October 2009 <br />Fairplay — Destiny Placer Mine EA (DOI- BLM- CO- 200 -2009- 0099 -EA) <br />Below is a summary of comments we received during the public comment period in 2009. The <br />responses to all comments have been incorporated into the analysis of the Fairplay — Destiny Placer <br />Mine EA document. <br />1. AIR QUALITY — 9 comments were received and are summarized below: <br />a. Residents will be negatively affected, in terms of quality of life, by dust pollution <br />resulting from increased heavy equipment and truck traffic. <br />b. There is no way to buffer nearby residences from dust. <br />c. The dust pollution associated with this proposal will cause changes in the elk migration <br />and herd areas. <br />2. GEOLOGIC AND MINERAL RESOURCES — 5 comments were received and are summarized <br />below; <br />a. Minerals are only where the deposits exist and therefore the BLM should avoid taking <br />any action that would foreclose access to scarce mineral reserves. <br />b. 1872 Mining laws cannot be relaxed or ignored without endangering abilities to make <br />use of natural resources. <br />3. SOILS — None <br />4. WATER <br />a. QUALITY, SURFACE AND GROUND — 4 comments were received and are <br />summarized below: <br />i. Mining this land would potentially contaminate scarce water resources. <br />ii. If our water is contaminated for any reason, people will be without water or <br />drinking water and who will help then? <br />iii. What happens when naturally occurring, potentially harmful chemicals are <br />exposed through the processes of open pit mining? Will these chemicals leach <br />into existing water supplies or groundwater? If so, who will reverse it and how <br />can it be rectified? <br />b. QUANTITY, SURFACE AND GROUND — 7 comments were received and are <br />summarized below: <br />i. The amount of water required to operate the mine may have an impact on <br />homeowner's wells and the aquifer. What would be the recourse if these wells <br />dried up? <br />ii. This proposal might take water illegally from the water table. <br />iii. What is the depth of the water table or water aquifer? <br />5. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br />a. INVASIVE, NON - NATIVE SPECIES — None <br />b. THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND SENSITIVE SPECIES — None <br />c. VEGETATION — None <br />d. WETLANDS & RIPARIAN ZONES — None <br />e. WILDLIFE, AQUATIC — 1 comment was received and is summarized below: <br />56 <br />