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<br />OOlJti5 <br /> <br />Final Environmental Assessment-Chapter 2-Alternatives <br /> <br />entrance. In discussions with CDOT, a 33 foot offset of the fish passage channel was <br />established to allow for future widening of Interstate 70. Stop-log channels were added <br />to the fish passage notch to address Ute Waters concerns about maintaining service <br />during extreme low river conditions if their main pipeline was out of service. <br /> <br />Reclamation would construct this alternative if any ofthe following conditions are not <br />met. Conditions include: 1) a local governmental entity securing non-recovery program <br />funding for the incremental costs associated with construction of the Downstream Rock <br />Fish Passage with Whitewater Features Alternative, 2) obtain the necessary permits and <br />easements from underlying land owners (Palisade and Mesa County Irrigation Districts, <br />E.R. Jacobson, Union Pacific Railroad, and CDOT), and 3) a local governmental entity to <br />sponsor and assume liability and maintenance responsibility for the whitewater features. <br />This alternative includes only the existing public access to the diversion dam via access <br />to the Colorado River from Colorado River State Park-Island Acres. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 4-Hogback Diversion Dam Rock Fish Passage on the San Juan River, New Mexico <br /> <br />Construction <br /> <br />The rock fish passage structure would be completed under a construction contract. <br />Before fish passage could be constructed, authorization for modification of the dam <br />would be obtained from the owners of the dam, Palisade and Mesa County Irrigation <br />Districts. Temporary construction easements, permanent easements and <br />intergovernmental agreements would also be acquired from all affected land owners <br />before construction. Reclamation would negotiate protective measures to reduce impacts <br /> <br />12 <br />