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<br />, .. <br /> <br />.," <br /> <br />The East Side Laterals Project recommends to: <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />-..J <br />...J <br /> <br />. Replace up to 195 miles of earthen laterals and 7 miles of low-capacity canals east of <br />the Uncompahgre River with buried pipe. Laterals proposed for piping include 63.9 <br />miles of the South, or "A" system; 26.9 miles of Loutzenhizer (0), 51.8 miles of the <br />Selig (E), 51.3 of the East (G), and 13.3 of the Gamet (H) system. The last 3.2 <br />miles of the Selig, 2.1 miles of the Loutzenhizer, and 1.7 miles of the Gamet Canals <br />comprise the canal segments that would be piped. <br /> <br />. Enter into cooperative agreement(s) with the UVWUA to design and install pipelines <br />for any proposed system(s) approved for funding. <br /> <br />. Concurrently replace wetland/wildlife habitat losses associated with piping each <br />system. Acquire land interests in and develop at least 212 habitat units on up to 1,370 <br />acres of land. Replace each mature cottonwood tree lost by transplanting 3 saplings <br />in the east side of the valley (up to 2,250 trees). Specific proposals should follow <br />guidelines for the habitat replacement program presented later in this chapter. <br /> <br />As discussed in the next chapter, the study team based replacement requirements on a <br />determination that up to 416 acres of seepage dependent wetlands and 125 acres of "prism" <br />habitat would be lost. These losses were evaluated to total 212 "habitat units." <br /> <br />Over $53 million of capital investment costs, at 1994 price levels, is estimated for placing all <br />five lateral systems in pipe. This estimate includes the cost of placing pipe, interest during <br />construction and acquisition/development of habitat replacement lands. <br /> <br />Table 2 - East Side Laterals Capital Cost Fstimate <br /> <br /> Jan. 1994 <br />Feature Price Level <br />Lateral Lining $48,540,000 <br />Habitat Replacement $4,646,000 <br />TOTAL $53,186,000 <br /> <br />Annualized estimates for this investment are $4,347,000 (January 1994 prices, 50-year <br />period, 8 percent interest). Managers of improvements (both irrigation systems and habitat <br />replacement) can be reimbursed for extra expenses of operating and maintaining improved <br />facilities. Expenses for piped laterals should decrease; therefore, the UVWUA waived <br />reimbursement rights in a January 19, 1993, contract with Reclamation (Contract No. 93-07- <br />40-RI6(0). About $117,000/year would be required for the habitat replacement areas. <br />Therefore, total annual costs would be about $4,464,000. Assuming 63,880 tons of salt <br />would be prevented from entering the river, cost effectiveness would average $70/tonlyear. <br /> <br />7 <br />