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4 - San Mlguel Basin Forum, Thursday, September 25, 1997
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when the San Miguel River
is at or rlear flood stag('...
"The propsed lower
grades.., will result in
more of the site being sub-
jected to elevated ground-
water, This condition will
encourage the establish-
ment of wetlands over a
larger portion of the site
than historically would
support this type of vegeta-
tion. If wetlands do de-
velop, this could render
tile property unusable for
any future development...
"The application of
"Supplemental Stan-
dards," while not in ilself
a problem, will result in
material with a higher level
of radioactivity than origi-
nally contemplated at the
site. In the case of the "yel-
low" material, described as
possibly "yellow cake," it
could represent a hazard
if in the future it was ex-
cawflcd or exposed due to
flooding of the silt'. To pre-
clude the possibility of fll-
ture excavation, these ar-
eas should be clearly de-
lineated.,, The "yellow ma-
terial" appears to extend
off-sile and under ltle
Highway 141. Slmuid lhe
Colorado Department of
Transportation be formally
ng=n
advised of this fact and
shot|ld an etl0rt be illadc
to determine lhe lull cxtenl
of this material, t'aren
thetically, why was this
large an area of contami-
nation not identified dur-
ing the original site char-
acterization?
"In closing, I cannot
recommend approving the
Revision I plan in its cur-
rent form, as presented to
me at our meeting. Con-
sidering all of the funds
which have been expended
to date, it would nol be ill
anyone's inlercsl Io h'ave
the site in such a corldi-
lion as It) be st|bjecl to
lloodmg duriltg such a llli-
nor evem as the 2-year
stornt."
According to state
UMTRAAdvisory. Commit-
tee chair, Bert Beall, 'the
Naturita project has gone
from being a 829 million
project to a 853 million
project. Beall. in a letter
lo Colorado l)eparlment of
[lealth's Patli Shwayder,
expressed corwern thal
this cost overrun was "no|
reported to the state by
DOE in sufficient time to
explore less cosily alierna-
lives. Jeffrey Deckler, also
of the Department of
Health, explained recently
ilmt "tlw l:u esl cost !n-
('I(NIN(' ('Of(It'S tl'()llt addl-
[ioIl;|l \'O]tlltlC~ ()l mate:'i.-'ll
lhal tlced tO be
l'Clia'dialc(t." Additionally,
Increased quantities and
properties in the vicinity
property cle.anups, and
delays due to weather,
added to the cost.
There has not yet
been an agreement on the
grading of the site.
As the handful of
Paradox children adjust to
making the trip to Nucla
for school each day, the
West Fnd School Board
decided lhal 12 is the
magic nurnbcr that will
reopen the school doors in
Paradox.
The Board had de-
cided, late In the summer,
not to have the K-4 school
open for the '97-'98 school
year. However, they had
promised the Paradox
community that an enroll-
ment number would be
decided on so that every-
one knew what the mini-
nmm number of students
could be.
Tim board plans to
review the situation in
Paradox in May. In the
meantinm, Nucla Elemen
tary Principal Ray Car),
says theat the "children
from Paradox attending
NES are really enjoying the
school."
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