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<br />- ,-""""'''~~ .'-" <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1. <br />721 SlMe Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver. Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX (303) 8664474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Govemor <br /> <br />February IS, 1996 <br /> <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Di1ector. DNR <br />Danes C. liIe. P -E. <br />Director. CWCB <br /> <br />Keith Rose and Patty Schrader <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Ecological Services <br />704 Horizon Drive, South Annex A <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3946 <br /> <br />Re: Animas-La Plata Draft Biological Opinion <br /> <br />Dear Keith and Patty: <br /> <br />Attached are the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff comments on the draft <br />reasonable and prudent alternative section of the most recent draft biological opinion for <br />the Animas-La Plata Project. Generally, we think this draft is a significant improvement <br />over previous versions. We appreciate the clarifications made to the sections which <br />discuss the frequency with which 300,000 acre-feet must be available for release from <br />Navajo Reservoir. However, we continue to encourage Reclamation and the Service to <br />consider the use of average annual depletion values which will be easier to administer. <br />Please contact use if you have questions. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />, , <br />, I <br />,....., /) lit j R~.i! I <br />J/, /< ~<<>?~/1.. ~~. ~ <br />t r <br />kt-Daries C. Lile <br />~ Director <br /> <br />DCL\DRS <br />Enclosure <br />cc: Jim Lochhead <br />ALP Distribution List <br /> <br />C\msoffice\winword\ alpdbocm.296 <br /> <br />z.. pages of enclosure <br />follow <br />