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<br />\' -. <br /> <br />from willing sellers; development will consider historic and potential future use of adjacent <br />lands.) <br /> <br />--Wildlife habitat replacement areas should be large enough to be manageable and should be <br />along either the Gunnison or Uncompahgre Rivers. (At least 200 acres is recommended.) <br />Can program be coordinated with community riverfront improvement programs? (Yes.) <br /> <br />--How will this program be funded? What is the schedule? (Funding for all salinity control <br />proposals throughout the Colorado River basin will be in accordance the 1974 Salinity <br />Control Act. As a result of a recent amendment in July 1995, proposals initiated by non- <br />Federal entities will be ranked and compete for funding based on cost effectiveness and risk <br />factors. Selected proposals, which might include the East Side Laterals project or a portion <br />thereof, will then receive annual Federal appropriations for implementation. Schedules will <br />not be known until the selection process is completed.) <br /> <br />Coordination with FWS and CDOW occurred through their representatives on the wildlife <br />habitat team and with completion of a Final Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report by <br />the FWS (see Attachment C). Reclamation basically adopted all recommendations in the <br />revised habitat replacement program. Reclamation emphasizes the goal of the program is to <br />replace lost habitat values (measured in habitat units) rather than acquiring a target number <br />of acres. The main recommendation of FWS that was not adopted is for Reclamation to own <br />and manage replacement sites. Reclamation prefers ownership and management would be by <br />non-Federal partners. <br /> <br />Draft EA Comments/Re~nses <br /> <br />A Draft EA was distributed for review and comment to about 120 Federal, State and local <br />agencies, organizations and individuals in May 1993. A few recipients commented on the <br />draft. Copies of the letters are available for review at Reclamation's office in Grand <br />Junction. Letters from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development and State of Colorado, Division of Local Governments do not require a <br />response. The following list indicates letters received with comments that are responded to <br />in this EA. Responses to a total of 34 comments required revisions to many sections of the <br />draft EA. Numbers next to the sender's name indicate where in the next section their <br />specific comments are responded to. <br /> <br />-Ralph E. Clark ill (1,2,3,4,5, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19,20,24,28,31,33) <br />-Robert and Martha Cornelius (18) <br />-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS; 7, 9, 10, 21, 25, 27, 30, 32) <br />-U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM; 8, 15, 22, 23, 29, 34) <br />-Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB; 6) <br />-Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association (UVWUA; 12, 14, 26) <br /> <br />30 <br />