Record Details
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 282 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 282 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 282 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 & CLENDENIN A professional ppofessional corporation colonel wayne J scholl CE october 6 1986 page 4 notice no 9416 and superimposed in the right hand corner of united parks exhibit B map much of the alluvial material in the reservoir basin will be excavated from the reservoir basin and used as fill material for the dam the removal of the alluvial material from the reservoir basin will also take away the protection which uintex sintex has stated that this material provides against reservoir leakage BORs proposal to excavate the protective alluvium in order to provide fill material for the dam is in direct contradiction to the conclusion of the uintex sintex final report that the alluvium should be left in place as a protective barrier between the reservoir water and the open fissures into the underground mines if the alluvium is removed the reservoir water will easily penetrate the faults and fissures and inundate the mines II 11 the proposed removal of alluvium from the reservoir basin Is not in the public interest interests interest7 7 the inundation of the mines with the steady supply of water from the reservoir is an effect not in the best interests of private industry or the general public this inundation of the mines would be impossible to physically or economically counteract the valuable mineral resources which have been mapped and are known to be available for exploitation would be entirely lost the owners of the mines including united park would lose those valuable mineral reserves which a mining company withholds from production much like money in the bank until metals prices are at the most favorable level the american people would lose a known reserve of precious and base metals which cannot be replaced and is a non renewable resource likewise the removal of the alluvium from the reservoir basin will have an adverse impact upon the reservoir since it will cause or increase the leakage and instability of the reservoir again such an effect is not in the public interest 111 III ill pursuant to NEPA the adverse environmental consequences of allu aliu alluvium riun olun removal must be addressed and alternative sources for fill must be analyzed analyzedt Analyze dT in BORs environmental statement and its supplements the consequences of the removal of alluvium from the reservoir basin have not been addressed nor has BOR analyzed any alternative means of acquiring fill material for the dam pursuant to section 102 of the national environmental policy act NEPA and 40 CFR S 230.10 23010 4 1985 this 282 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/9857 |
