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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0022 <br /> <br />r-. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />,} ~ , <br /> <br />This chapter establishes the overall goal of the Draft Supplement to the <br /> <br /> <br />Final Environmental Statement (FES) on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, which <br /> <br /> <br />is to disclose the environmental consequences of alternative levels of water <br /> <br /> <br />sales from Ruedi Reservoir. Section 1.1 reviews the purpose and need for <br /> <br />action based on the current planning and legislation relevant to the project, <br /> <br /> <br />Section 1.2 discusses the public issues to be addressed by the Draft Supple- <br /> <br />ment to the FES. Section 1.3 reviews the authorizing legislation for the <br /> <br /> <br />Ruedi Dam and Reservoir. This chapter establishes the scope of the Draft <br /> <br /> <br />Supplement. The area of interest for this Draft Supplement is shown in Figure <br /> <br />1.1. <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose and Need <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation anticipates a second round of water sales from <br /> <br /> <br />Ruedi Reservoir based on current requests for such sales from municipal and <br /> <br /> <br />industrial interests. Sales of water from Ruedi Reservoir meet several objec- <br /> <br /> <br />tives of the Operating principles (OP) for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project <br /> <br /> <br />(House Document No. 130). The primary purpose of Ruedi Reservoir is to fur- <br /> <br /> <br />nish water required for the protection of western Colorado water users, <br /> <br /> <br />including present water rights and prospective uses of water (paragraph 7, <br /> <br /> <br />OP). Receipts from the sale of water from Ruedi Reservoir are applied to pay <br /> <br /> <br />for operation and maintenance costs and to reimburse construction costs in <br /> <br /> <br />excess of $7.6 million (paragraph 3, OP). <br /> <br />Public recreation on Ruedi Reservoir and the Fryingpan River are also <br /> <br /> <br />recognized under the Operating Principles for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br /> <br />Protection of recreational values on the Fryingpan River (paragraph 10, Op) is <br /> <br />made through a provision of minimum flows below the junction of the Fryingpan <br /> <br />River and Rocky Fork. Also, the lands and surface waters of Ruedi Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />are open for public recreation (paragraph 12, OP). <br /> <br /> <br />In order to conduct a second round of water sales, the Bureau has pre- <br /> <br /> <br />pared this Supplement to the FES on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project which was <br /> <br /> <br />submitted to CEQ in 1975. This Supplement will address the environmental <br /> <br /> <br />consequences associated with alternative operations of Ruedi Reservoir to meet <br /> <br /> <br />competing water demands which include industrial (primarily oil shale), muni- <br /> <br /> <br />cipal development, recreation, wildlife, fisheries and hydropower. The reser- <br /> <br /> <br />voir has a firm marketable yield of about 76,000 acre-feet based on current <br />