2-12-08 Gascoyne 500 comment letter

100 First Street SW irst Street SW Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 Tel. 319-362-2120 Fax 866-484-2373 info@plainsjustice.org http://www.plainsjustice.org Dakota Resource Council Rocky Mountain Office of Environmental Defense Plains Justice National Parks and Conservation Association Sierra Club February 12, 2008 Terry L. O‟Clair, Director Division of Air Quality North Dakota Department of Health 918 E. Divide Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota 58501-1947 RE: Comments on North Dakota’s Response to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Findings that Gascoyne 500 Would Adversely Impact Visibility at Theodore Roosevelt National Park Dear Mr. O‟Clair: Dakota Resource Council, the Rocky Mountain Office of Environmental Defense, Plains Justice, National Parks and Conservation Association, and Sierra Club hereby respectfully submit the following comments on the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDH) January 7, 2008 letter written in response to the U.S. Department of Interior‟s July 26, 2007 letter on the draft Gascoyne 500 permit. Plains Justice has requested in separate letters an extension of the public comment period on this matter, but NDDH has not yet issued a decision on these requests. These comments are being submitted to comply with the current February 13, 2008 comment deadline. In the event that NDDH extends or reopens the comment period on the matter, we reserve the right to revise, amend, and/or supplement these comments. 1. ...