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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 999 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR p/11~Bureau ~f Land Management ~ O . >~ ~ ~hlte Rlver Resource Area 73544 Highway 64 Meeker, Colorado 81641 ~a..~e_ ~'„fy 2~~ l~~i~ Daar Reader: V ~/ /~ ~~h~t e~-5 ~ a~ ~ Z The Final Environmental Impact Statement (PSIS) on the proposed Yankee Gulch Sodium Minerals Project ie enclosed for your review and comment. Additional information concerning BLM'e preferred alternative ie included. Also included are comment letters received on the draft Snoironmental Impact Statement (EIS), responses to those comments, and a group of appendices describing mitigation, reclamation, monitoring, the biological assessment, and other information. Additionally, I wish to direct your attention to both the water monitoring plan developed in cooperation with federal, state, and county agencies, and to the Biological Opinion from the Q.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. written comments will be considered in the decision if they are received within 60 days of the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register publication of the Notice of Availability of the FEIS. Copies of the FEIS and related documents may be obtained from, or reviewed at the above address, or at the BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado, 80215. This FEIS ie not the decision document. The decision on this proposed project will be based on the analysis in the draft and final EISS, public concerns and comments, and other multiple-use resource objectives and programs that apply to the project. A Record of Decision (ROD) detailing the decision of the BLM and its rationale for the decision will be prepared and distributed following the end of the 60-day review period. Presently, the ROD ie anticipated to ba available for release in September 1999. Comments on the content of the FEIS should be sent to the letterhead address, attention Larry Shulte, Natural Resource Specialist. The BLM appreciates the individuals, organizations, federal, state, and local governments who participated in the environmental analysis process. Your involvement has resulted in a more comprehensive and accurate EIS, and improved the public land manager's ability to make an informed decision. Sincerely, a~i' v7 -'v/( V John J. Mehlhoff v Area Manager Enclosures