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<br />House Journa1--111th Day--Apri1 29, 1991
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<br />Page 1797
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<br />WHEREAS, Mesa County, Colorado contains uniquely climated
<br />agricultural land which has enabled Mesa County, the Western
<br />Slope, and the, State of Colorado to become 1eaders'in the
<br />production of peaches and to become important producers of
<br />wine grapes and wine; and
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<br />WHEREAS, The federal Bureau of Reclamation
<br />High1ine Canal which passes through 38 miles of
<br />agricultural land in Mesa County; and
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<br />owns the
<br />the rich
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<br />WHEREAS, The Bureau of Reclamation has proposed widening
<br />the High1ine Canal to line the Canal with a membrane as part
<br />of the Bureau's program to lessen the salinity of the Canal
<br />and the Colorado River and as part of that plan has proposed
<br />taking many acres of rich Mesa County agricultural land which
<br />is currently in production or which could be put into
<br />production; and
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<br />WHEREAS, The final Environmental Impact Statement for the
<br />Canal salinity control project definitively states that the
<br />project may feasibly be completed within the Canal's current
<br />easement; and
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<br />WHEREAS, The Farmland Protection Policy Act of 1990
<br />requires Federal agencies to: (a) use certain criteria to
<br />identify and take into account the adverse effects of agency
<br />programs on the goal of preservation of farmland; (b) consider
<br />alternative, less intrusive and less adverse actions; and (c)
<br />ensure that the agency programs, to the extent practicable,
<br />are compatible with local programs and policies to protect
<br />farmland; and
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<br />WHEREAS, The proposal of the Bureau of Reclamation to
<br />obtain a larger easement along the High1ine Canal to carry out
<br />a plan to line, the Canal with membrane and to thereby remove
<br />from production many valuable acres which currently do or in
<br />the future could produce peaches and grapes is contrary to the
<br />goals of both the Federal government and of the State of
<br />Colorado; and
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<br />WHEREAS, The lining of the Highline Canal to further the
<br />reduction of salinity in the Canal and in the Colorado River
<br />Is a laudable goal which may be achieved without widening the
<br />Canal and obtaining a larger easement and may be achieved by
<br />utiliZing a different design for the Canal and retaining the
<br />present easement for the Canal; now, therefore,
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<br />Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the
<br />Fifty-eighth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the
<br />Senate concurring herein:
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<br />That, the General Assembly resolves to request that the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation pursue a different design for the lining
<br />of the High1ine Canal in Mesa County, Colorado, consistent
<br />with the final Federal Environmental Impact Statement that
<br />includes keeping the Canal within its present easement and
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