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<br /> <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />. <br />tAXi..... - <br />PRJDE IN <br />AMERKA <br /> <br />BUREAU OF LAND ~L\NAGEMENT <br />Grwd Junction Resourcc Arca <br />. 2315 H Road <br />Grmd Junction. ColorJdo 31506 <br /> <br />- - <br />- . <br /> <br />I:" RE?LY REFER 70- <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: 05-09-96 <br /> <br />TO: PLATEAU CREEK PIPELINE PROJECT FILE <br /> <br />FROM: DAVID P. STEVENS, BLM TEAM LEADER <br />SUBJECT: MEETING WITH USFWS PERSONNEL AFTER CORE MEETING <br /> <br />LEE CARLSON WANTED TO KNO\V IF THE BLM COULD, THROUGH OUR <br />PERMITTING PROCESS FORCE UTE WATER TO USE WATER FROM THE <br />GUNNISON RIVER INSTEAD OF PLATEAU CREEK. IF NOT COULD THE BLM GET <br />UTE WATER TO CHANGE THEIR PURPOSE AND NEED STATEMENT TO STATE <br />THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE WATER FOR THE GRAND VALLEY, <br />THAT WAY THE USFWS COULD SAY THE RPA WOULD BE TO TAKE WATER OUT <br />OF THE GUNNISON RIVER. <br /> <br />LEE SAID THAT HE DOES NOT TRUST UTE WATER AND THAT THERE WOULD <br />HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF RESTRICTOR PIPE PLACED IN THE NEW PIPELINE TO <br />RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COULD BE PUT INTO THE NEW <br />PIPELINE. ALSO, HE WANTED THE BLM TO DO STRICT MONITORING OF THE <br />FLOWS IN THE PIPELINE. <br /> <br />LEE SAID THAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT DROPPING SOME OF THE <br />PROJECTS FROM THE BASELINE FLOWS. IFYOU READ THE REGULATIONS THEY <br />SAY THAT NONE PERMITTED PROJECTS SHOULD BE DROPPED FROM THE <br />, <br />BASELINE FLOWS. <br /> <br />HE ALSO MADE THE COMMENT THAT OF ALL THE PROJECTS CONSULTED ON, <br />IF YOU ADDED THEM ALL UP COLORADO WOULD HAVE REACHED ITS COMPACT <br />ENTITLEMENT. <br /> <br />THE AGREED TO AMOUNT OF WATER FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PIPELINE <br />WOULD BE THE HISTORIC PEAK PLUS THE 1500 AC.FT. THRESHOLD FROM THE <br />NEW SUFFICIENT PROGRESS REPORT MEMO. <br />