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<br />U U 1I ~L,; 't <br /> <br /> <br />IN REPLY <br />REFER TO: <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />Eastern Colorado Area Office <br />11056 West County RD 18E <br />Loveland, Colorado 80537-9711 <br /> <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />EC-1340 (WTully) <br /> <br />~j 2002 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Interested Parties <br />(See Enclosed Distribution List) <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment (Assessment) for <br />Agreements to Offset HUP Shortages in Green Mountain Reservoir. <br /> <br />Enclosed for your information is a copy of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and <br />Environmental Assessment (Assessment) for agreements between the Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Reclamation), the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and the Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District to release and manage up to 10,000 acre-feet of water from Ruedi Reservoir to <br />supplement water that is in Green Mountain Reservoir but unavailable because of a drawdown <br />limitation on Green Mountain. The water will be used primarily by farmers in the Grand Valley. <br />This FONSI is based on the assessment, prepared by Reclamation, which evaluated the effects of the <br />proposed project and mitigation measures that will be implemented. The environmental commitments <br />and mitigation outlined in the FONSI and the Assessment will minimize the environmental effects of <br />the proposal to the point that Reclamation believes there will be no significant impact on the human <br />environment beyond what is expected to occur from the No Action alternative. The FONSI and <br />Assessment are being distributed to those listed on the enclosed distribution list, which includes <br />libraries in Basalt and Carbondale. <br /> <br />Additionally, the FONSI and Assessment are available as an Adobe Acrobat document (.pdffile) by <br />visiting the Great Plains Region web site at "www.gp.usbr.gov/nepa/nepa.html", or they can also be <br />accessed by going to ..www.gp.usbr.gov...clicking on "Current Activities", and clicking on <br />"Environmental Activities". The Assessment will be under the Environmental Assessment heading. <br /> <br />If you have any questions, have any problems with the above links, or would like a copy of the <br />Assessment, please contact Kara Lamb at 970-962-4326 or Will Tully at 970-962-4368 or send an <br />email to klamb@gp.usbr.gov or to wtullv@glJ.usbr.gov. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />1 el\c\OSl\1e <br /> <br />~~~e~~~o~ <br /> <br />o~ <br />.<< <br /> <br />~~ vJ~ <br /> <br />t..d:b.~ <br /> <br />Brian Person <br />Area Manager <br /> <br />Enclosures (2) <br /> <br />For Distribution List and cc: <br /> <br />See following page <br />