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I I I I I I I I I' I I I I I II I I I I . Steve Brown, Attorney General, State of Colorado . Rob Robinson, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), . Vern Schmitt, US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service (USFS). · Paul Meyer, Bureau of Land Management, . Dianne Gese, Bureau of Land Management/Rio Grande National Forest, . Debra Hecox, Attorney, Department of Interior, and . Laura Coppock; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is acting as the Lead Agency for the US Department of the Interior. The complete listing of all the Summitville Resource Council Members with their phone numbers and addresses are provided in Attachment 2. Under the May 2002 MOU the Trustees will: · Develop criteria for screening and evaluating candidate projects . Solicit and evaluate public input on candidate projects . Select projects for implementation · Fund selected projects from the Colorado Natural Resource Damage Trust Fund and Federal Restoration Account · Implement restoration projects · Monitor the management and effectiveness of projects · Provide information to the public at all phases of the project All decisions are made by the State and Federal Trustees. The Trustees will obtain feedback from the local citizens on NRD activities; however, the MOU or NRDA Guidance do not formally recognize the local organizations such as Alamosa River Foundation Board as a decision maker in this NRD process. The MOU is in effect from May 2002 through December 31,2006. The Trustees may extend this MOU for a five-year period. 2.3 Natural Resource Damage Process The NRD Trustees will be referencing guidance information to evaluate restoration proposals. The guidance entitled Evaluating Natural Resource Restoration Proposals, Summitville Site, outlines the specific selection and screening criteria for proposed projects funded under the NRD (4). The guidance mentions that a Restoration Plan for the restoration of injured natural resources in the Alamosa River Watershed will be prepared and overseen by the Trustees; this restoration plan will be the basis for further scientific and technical studies for the watershed. The project selection process has two phases. Phase I is a Screening Process to determine acceptability and relevance of the scope of work to the Restoration Plan. Projects must pass this initial screen before they can be considered in the planning process. Essentially the screening criteria stipulates that a project comply with all applicable laws and regulations, address resources and services connected to those injured by Summitville releases and must be technically feasible. The Phase I Screening Criteria include the following: 2-3