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CONSERVATION GROUPS COMMENT LETTER ~uedl Water Sal.. Page 4 Apsen Wilde=ness Workshop Garfield County Citizens A..octation ot that lake all .u~.r long. The tinal document should include ...urances that water sold ~roo Rued! ~ill be used tor the contracted purposes. we are concer~ed that. the "take or pay' tee structures vill result in lome Of the custo~er. ~oin9 14-10 into tho budn"'.. ot aellin9 "..ter (:Ocr.. praHtl in orde~ to avoid hi9h atora;. coata. This practice should be prohibitted in the contracts. ll.voldad by the pricing structure or avoided oy chao...in; the contractual 1&n9UII.;0 that requiroa dolivery by the uear 2000. The dralt document dismisses the si9nilicll.nce ot minor chan90a in Ciah h.lblt..:tt. The tin;!l document _Ilould include an a.scssmt!nt ot the CWllula. ~iv~, lon~-~.~ impactl ot th.le continual habitat chan~es on tilh 14-11 populationl, We arll e.pf!Cially conc.rned about l.te IWI\.":'er habitat 1011e. d~rin~ th.'critical ..1'1'1 .taoes ot lit.. StoCkln~ ot the.. vat.ra voul~ not be a satiltactory ~itlQation ~e.sur.. Thi. i. expen- .ive and artiticial. rish.rm.n do not vant to c.tch ..~.t. 'stockllrs', especiallY 'iri Gold Hed.l vat.r.. \W. te.l the ]~ ot the vinter tlov ot the Aoarino Fork River that comea 14-12 trom Ruedi i. . sioniticant percentaQe ot the !low, Thh is nearly one third ot the water in the River. Flucuations Ihould no~ ee so liQhtly dismis..d. IExistinO t.cilitie. at various recrll.tion sit.. are liste~ on pa;e 3.3~. 14-13 Omitted trora the lilt ot improvements at Freem.n Mna is thll sturdy . plt toilllt and the picniC tabl.. IIn the tinal ~ocumant. ple.se resolve the contradiction on pa;e 4.22. 14-14 "'ithin one para9r&ph. the Preferred Alternative i. descn:ed as havin9 both a 'mocerate' and a '.iQniticant' i~pact on trout tiSheries in tho Fryino Pan River, . \PleaSe resolve another contr.diction, concerning racreational uae. 14-15 In .ome plac.' the document claim. there viII be no chin;. in such u.e. because of vater sale.. But in other places, it admits such chan;.. viII occur. An~lysil of thll document leads to this second conclusion. Given that Ruedi Allservoir il vitally important economic.lly and .1 a recre.tional r..ource to this re;lon, there would O~ better wavI ot :neeti:'\lJ th* c}:'erat;inq principll!!. t.!>;", :.i.k Prllta::. ,\:....:......':.iv;.. 14-16 Onll vay ia to 1I~E'"::'.1r:: i.~cc::.c =-:0;:'. ';.hiir planned hydorolectric power ~en- eratoI' tor Ruedl pE'"oJect payb3c~. ~hil~ these tundl viII ~ot ~~ cO~lnq in until 198', thoy C.1n be predicted with reasonablo ~ccu:.cv ~nd c.n bo .ubtr~cted trom the over.ll outatandin9 debt. . ~ locond vay is to then ta~. this lubtot.l and determine ~hll mlni~um - - - - - - - - RESPONSE o (1) -.1 14-10: The terms and conditions in proposed water sales contracts will require the contractor to plan for anti ci pated demand duri ng the succeeding 12-month period from July 1 through June 30. Water del i vered under thi s contract coul d be used either directly, by exchange, or through augmentation of water rights in the Colorado River basin. The water will not be allowed to be leased, sold, or donated without approval of Reclamation. If water is projected not to be available to meet all demands during the course of the coming year, then a shortage condition would be declared. . -.. 14-11: The Draft Supplement addresses.the changes in fish habitat, particularly in dry years. The cumulative, long-term impacts would be assoc- iated in several dry years back-to-back. This is not expected to be the case. Reclamation is committed through the Operating Principles for Ruedi Reservoir to provide specified minimum summer and winter flows. At no time or at any place in the Draft Supplement was fish stocking proposed as a mitigatory measure. 14-12: It is not felt that the accuracy of the instream flow analysiS technique is high enough to identify changes in a specific month or for changes that are 1 ess than 10 percent. The instream flow analysiS is suited to identifying general changes and likely trends. 14-13: The text has been changed to reflect this com- ment. - - w CD 14-14: The text has been changed to reflect this comment. -- .... - - '.. - - - - -