Record Details
page 262
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 262 Final supplement to the final environmental statement, Municipal and Industrial System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project : Summit, Wasatch, Utah, and Salt Lake Counties, Utah, page 262 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 262 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; LAW OFFICES OF FABIAN 5 CLENDENIN A col CO cot l mr clifford I 1 barrett october 28 1986 page twenty one down to elevations below the mineralized areas likewise the flow from the tunnel will increase to such proportions that united parks surface treatment plant will not accommodate the flow consequently the flooding of the mine will nullify united parks water treatment efforts and will cause a large volume of highly mineralized water to flow from the mine moreover the high volume of water issuing from the tunnel may preclude effective tunnel maintenance consequently the tunnel may collapse and block the water flowing from the ontario no 2 drain tunnel from flowing into the reservoir along with the ontario no 2 drain tunnel a number of other mine tunnels will discharge water into the reservoir at the present time timer timey only the discharge from the ontario no 2 drain tunnel has been regulated by means of an NPDES permit discharge from the other mine tunnels has been allowed to flow untreated As part of the water quality management plan for the reservoir all point sources of water flowing into the reservoir should be subject to fair and equal regulation in order to insure water quality under NEPA BOR is required to address these impacts of the reservoir upon water quality from the mine tunnels as well as the effect that termination of the flow from the ontario no 2 drain tunnel would have upon the north arm of the reservoir B BOR must address the risks to water quality of known contaminants within the reservoir basin united park has previously provided BOR with the description and location of oil and gas seeps within the reservoir area upon a map produced by BOR and attached hereto as exhibit B united park has superimposed the location of the oi oil 1 and gas seeps within the reservoir basin these potential contaminants to water quality within the reservoir have not been addressed by BOR in in its FES or DS FES Like likewise wiser wisey the proposed jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir will cover large surface areas of natural mineralization mineralized fissure systems traverse the northern arm of the reservoir basin in addition outcrops of mineralized gold bearing rock have been observed in the eastern arm of the reservoir basin this area is highly altered and discolored indications of mineralization As the reservoir fill and draw drawdown down processes occur heavy metals from 262 0 N lz co ri i J |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/9751 |
