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<br />3010 <br /> <br />[[]OOill~u <br /> <br />Colorado for injunctive relief pending "adequate compliance with" <br /> <br />the National Environmental Pol icy Act, Freedom of Information Act, and <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act and Public Law 89-72. As a result of <br /> <br /> <br />the administration's deci sion not to seek funding in fiscal year 1978, <br /> <br />the complaint was dismissed without prejudice on March 2, 1979. <br /> <br />The project field office in Fort Morgan, Colorado, was closed in <br />December 1978. Federal funds total in9 over $7 mill ion were expended <br />through fi scal year 1981 for preauthori zation investigations, advance <br />planning, preconstruction activities, and land acquisition. <br /> <br />State and local interests continue to be supportive of resumi ng con- <br />struction of the Narrows Unit. <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED <br /> <br />Thi s study eval uated two pl ans. Both pl ans have M&I service schedul ed <br /> <br />for the initial year of water delivery. One plan is based on the <br /> <br />authorized purposes. A second pl an i ncl udes all of the authori zed <br /> <br />purposes with the exception of flood control. An analysis was prepared <br /> <br />for the addition of a hydroelectric powerplant to the plan. <br /> <br /> <br />Authorized Narrows Unit with Municipal and Industrial Water <br /> <br />Public Law 93-B9, which authorized the Narrows Unit, provided for <br />supplemental irrigation water, flood control, recreation enhancement, <br />fish and wildlife conservation and development, highway improvement, and <br />future municipal and industrial water supplies; <br /> <br />3 <br />