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. . . public review and comment. Comments are due December 15, 1992, (about 500 comments were received.) November 30, 1992: Public hearing held in Durango, Colorado. Other hearings are held in Farmington, New Mexico on December 1, 1992, and Denver, Colorado on December 2, 1992. About 125 statements were received. July 20, 1993: Commissioner of Reclamation signs a memorandum recommending that a Final Supplement to the 1980 FES be prepared which addresses issues raised during the comment period; is based on updating impacts of the project described in the 1979 DPR (including refinements); and includes Clean Water Act compliance requirements. September 1993: Reclamation sets a schedule date of June 1995 for filing the Final Supplement with EPA and August 1995 for a Record of Decision. November- December 1993: Using Indian Self Detennination Act contracting procedures, cooperative agreements are put in place with both the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to conduct certain studies and analyses, thereby assisting in completion of the Final Supplement. February 16,1994: Consent decree is filed regarding the Four Comers Action Coalition, et. al. lawsuit. Reclamation agreed to not perfonn cultural resources related ground disturbing activities prior to completion of the Final Supplement. As such, the previous preliminary injunction is vacated. April 19, 1994: In anticipation of U.S. F& WL Service designation of critical habitat in the Colorado River Basin for four endangered FIShes, Reclamation requests initiation of ESA consultation regarding the ALP project and critical habitat. The Service designated critical habitat on April 20, 1994. July 1994: U.S. Department of Interior Inspector General releases audit report No. 94-1-884, "Development Stams of the Dolores and the Animas-LA Plata Projects, Bureau of Reclamation." Regarding ALP, the OIG recommends that economic and financial feasibility of the project be reevaluated and that Congress be infonned of the reevaluation results. Reclamation had previously begun such an economic analysis. February 1995: Project sponsors agree on the concept of dividing Phase I of the project into two Stages, A and B. In accordance with the project depletion limitation of 57,100 acre-feet specified in the reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA) of the 1991 FWS Biological Opinion, Stage A facility construction is defined generally as follows: the Durango Pumping Plant, Ridges Basin Dam and 9