THE COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED (The Deadline was extended to February 19, 2020)

• Federal Register Amended Notice of 2/6/2020: EIS No. 20190287, Draft, BR, CO, Paradox Valley Unit of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program Environmental Impact Statement, Comment Period Ends: 02/19/2020
• Contact: Lesley McWhirter 970-248-0608
• Revision to FR Notice Published 12/06/2019; Extending the Comment Period from 2/4/2020 to 2/19/2020.

Two public meetings will be held on:

• Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 in Paradox, Colorado at the Paradox Valley Charter School, 21501 6 Mile Rd., at 5 p.m
• Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 in Montrose, Colorado at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 1391 S. Townsend Ave., at 6 p.m.

The draft Environmental Impact Statement is available online at:

• www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/paradox/index.html
• or a copy can be requested by contacting Reclamation

Comments are due (time-period was extended)

• 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Feb. 19, 2020

Submit comments by email to:

• Via eMail: paradoxeis@usbr.gov

Via US Postal Service to:
Ed Warner, Area Manager
Bureau of Reclamation
445 West Gunnison Ave, Suite 221
Grand Junction, CO 81501

Click here to read this story by Luke Runyon of KUNC Public Radio
Click here to read this Press Release from Bureau of Reclamation

To view documents from the Scoping Period, please visit this post from 2012: On The Colorado (OTC)

To view documents about the Salinity Control Program, please vist this OTC resource page

PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMISSIONS

• Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper - DEIS comments
• Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper - References for DEIS comments. zip file.
• San Juan Citizens Alliance - DEIS comments
• Colorado Wildlands Project -  DEIS comments
• Dolores River Boating Advocates- DEIS comments
• American Whitewater - DEIS comments
• American Rivers - DEIS comments

NEW DOCUMENTS FOR PARADOX UNIT

• DEIS and Appendices (combined). 2019.
• DEIS Volume 1

APPENDICES

• DEIS Volume 2, Apps A to D
• DEIS Volume 3 Apps E to J
• DEIS Volume 4, Apps K to M

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND MEMOS

• Review: Geologic Investigations. Block, 2012.
• Assessment 2nd Injection Well. Atkins, 2013.
• Paradox Valley 2nd Well Design Report. Petrotek, 2014.
• Far-field Reservoir Pressurization. USBR TM, 2016.
• 2nd Well Site Investigation. Block, 2016.
• 2nd Injection Well REPORT. CRBR, 2017.
• Injection Data (csv file)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• OTC Resource Page on Salinity