Sign Comment Letter-NFMMDP - Citizens for a Healthy Community

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Dear Mr. Crockett and Ms. Mortenson,
I am writing to you today because the lifeblood of the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River is being threatened by the proposed 35- Well Natural Gas project, called the North Fork Mancos Master Development Plan (NFMMDP).

The NFMMDP proposes to build and operate 35 natural gas wells (utilizing horizontal drilling/fracking), with accompanying industrial facilities in the middle of three critical watersheds that supply drinking and irrigation water to over 500 residents. A speculative 13-wellpad second phase of development is also foreseen, but not detailed and not subject to the current environmental review. This could result in up to an additional 108 gas wells within this critical watershed. In addition, this proposed project is next to a proposed 146-gas well project. The headwaters to the North Fork Valley are an unacceptable and inappropriate location for this type of industrial activity. The risks are simply too high.

I understand that an ongoing revision of the Resource Management Plan for the area is currently in process. Conducting an environmental analysis on this project prior to completion of this process would appear to bias the results. Please do your duty in halting this project and this evaluation until that revised resource management plan is complete.

If you are to move forward with the analysis of this project proposal, I request that you conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment to fully analyze the cumulative impacts and ramifications this project would have on the watershed, health and safety of animals and people, the local economy, and the climate. Climate change is already having an impact on the North Fork Valley—affecting agriculture, wildlife, and the watershed. Increased methane emissions from this project will only exacerbate already troubling issues.

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Your Voice Is Needed To Tell BLM And The USFS That Natural Gas Extraction Is Not Worth The Risk of Destroying The North Fork Valley Headwaters and Watersheds.

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