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<br />0J2313 <br /> <br />Chaph'r2 <br />Rhf"r C..nditi"llH and A>.'."dll.t...t Stat.. <br />Pt"f.!t'<'t!onF:rron.o; <br /> <br />Figure 2.3: The Bulls Bridge <br />Hydropower Project on the Housatonic <br />River, Connecticut <br /> <br />ct'f"e Bantam Rn,e, Dam IS OpelillecllO marnlam do....nstream mlmmum How levels 10 SUPPO'll,sh A <br />Jocal otfoe.al Slated tnat the pro,ect 5 Willer releases are msull,c'enllo, the lis". and Changes In opera- <br />tion "",II be sought However. a uN'lt comoany Olllcl3l disagreed ....'th this assessment He told us that <br />the leact,,,aled dam does not cnange /low conditIons on the "vel and !rIallhe prOJOC1IS operalecllo <br />malntaon minImum flow levels agreed to ""'Ih CoonechCut's Department 01 EnvironmenTal Protectoon <br /> <br />~No Spec"oc waler supply pl'OIc<:t5 nave been presented for lI'le Shepaug, and al1ernalJves 10 diverting <br />The Shepaug are being conSodered on hgtll of the flve.-s scenIC and recreallOflal quahloes Accon:llng to <br />the fedefal w,ld and scenIC five' study ,lIS poss,ble that a PfO~l could be bu,ll thaT would nol harm The <br />sceniC f1Vef'S values <br />SOUrce Inlerv'ews 'N,m slale, local, and envrronmenlal OIl'Clals and documents lhey Pfov>Ooo <br /> <br /> <br />Th,s laC,I'ly 's planned to Increase horn 7 10 19 <br />megawatTs 01 capacity <br />Soufce Nollheasl Utilities Company <br /> <br />\rhih' no Ill-'W major watt'1" projpds ha\'e ('OfllP to P,L'iS, OIW propost'd <br />projt'Ct under cunsidt'ration ell tIll' timt- of ft>(h-ral study was withdrawn <br />from considpration in ('arly HiSti llnly ;\fter a len~thy and highly contro.. <br />v{'rsial re\'il'w by two st.ltl-' rel!ulatory a)!endt's. In addition. two other <br />propo~'d projects in two otllt'r start's n-main IIllder considt>ratinn, <br /> <br />Ttll' Withdrawn pnljl'ct-tht' -'Bil! A -, 1l!1 Ill(' \H'SI branch uf tht' I'enllb. <br />:--L'ot Hin'r in :\I<lillt'-illvoln'd a prllpo:--l..'d I-lS-foot-hil!h hydropower <br />dam (hat would han' tlondt'd 'I.E) miles of nationally important white <br />water and land-Io('kt'd salmon hahitat in Hipol!t'no(b Gorge (s('(' figs. 2.4 <br />and 2.;"')), Tht, projt'ct was under federallkt'llsin)! ('on...ideralion when the <br /> <br />j'IIj{..2:; <br /> <br />(i,-\ll R('EI).-1ol7~1~ Wilrlllnrl Sc-.>ni<- Rh.." <br />