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<br />3.20.2.1 Evaluation Methodology .....................,......... 3-279
<br />3.20.2.2 Significance Criteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-279
<br />3.20.3 Affected Environment. . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-280
<br />3.20.3.1 Durango Pumping Plant and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit ...... 3-280
<br />3.20.3.2 Ridges Basin Dam and Reservoir ..........'..,...,...... 3-281
<br />3.20.3.3 Navajo Nation MWlicipal Pipeline ....,...,...,..,..,.... 3-281
<br />3.20.3.4 Lemon Dam and Reservoir .............................,3-281
<br />3.20.3.5 Areas West of Ridges Basin ............................ 3-281
<br />3.20.3.6 Areas East of Ridges Basin ............................, 3-282
<br />3.20.4 Environmental ConsequeJlces and Mitigation ...,................... 3-282
<br />3.20.4.1 Refined Alternative 4 . . . . . . . .. .. , . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . . , 3-282
<br />3.20.4.1.1 Sttuctural Component ...................... 3-282
<br />3.20.4.1,2 Non-Binding End Uses and Conveyance
<br />Corridors Impacts .................,.......3-284
<br />3.20.4.2 Refined Alternative 6 .. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-285
<br />3.20.4,2.1 Sttuctural Component ...................... 3-285
<br />3.20.4.2.2 Non-Sttuctural Component .................. 3-285
<br />3.20.4.2.3 Non-Binding End Uses and Conveyance
<br />Corridors ..........,..................... 3-285
<br />3.20.4.3 No Action Alternative ..............................,.. 3-286
<br />3.21 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS FOR REFINED ALTERNATNE 4 AND
<br />REFINED ALTERNATNE 6 .. . . .. . . . . . .'. . . .. . . . . . , . . . . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . 3-286
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<br />OTHER IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS ......... ...............................4-1
<br />4.1 GROWTH-INDUCING IMPACTS..............,..........,.,.... "...... 4-1
<br />4.2 CONNECTED, CUMULATIVE, AND RELATED ACTIONS. . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . 4-1
<br />4.2.1 Navajo Reservoir Operation and the San Juan River Basin Recovery
<br />Implementation Program ...........,............................. 4-2
<br />4.2.1.1 BackgroWldInformation...........,...,........,......... 4-2
<br />4.2.1.2 Relationship of Operation of Navajo Reservoir to the
<br />Animas-La Plata Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 4-3
<br />4,2.1.3 Navajo OperatioI1 Environmental Impact Statement ............ 4-4
<br />4.2.2 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project . , . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . .. .. 4-4
<br />4.2.3 Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement ......................, 4-5
<br />4.2.4 Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 4-6
<br />4.2.5 Restoration of the Navajo Hogback Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
<br />4,2.6 San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane Gas Development. . , , , . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . 4-7
<br />4.2.7 Colorado Transportation Improvement Projects .,...................., 4-7
<br />4.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 4-8
<br />4.3.1 Operation of Navajo Dam ................................,..,.... 4-8
<br />4.3.2 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project ,..."................,........,...4-9
<br />4.3.3 Navajo River Water Development Plan (Jicarilla Apache Tribe) .......... 4-9
<br />4.3.4 San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane Gas Development. . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . , . 4-9
<br />4.3.5 Future Indian Water Development.. .. . . . , . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . 4-10
<br />4.3.6 Colorado Transportation Improvement Projects ......................4-10
<br />4.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT-TERM USES VERSUS LONG-TERM
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<br />PRODUCTNITY ............"...................................... 4-11
<br />4.4.1 Introduction.....,......,................ ......................4-11
<br />4.4.2 Long-term Benefits and Productivity .. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
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