FLOOD10375 ‎(2)‎

• County: Arapahoe
• Community: Littleton
• Stream Name: South Platte River, Chatfield Reservoir
• Title: Request for Littleton to Participate as a Cooperating Agency for the Chatfield, CO. Storage Reallocation Feasibility Report and Eenvironmental Impact Statement
• Date: 7/9/2007
• Prepared For: Jim Woods - Brooke Fox - Jim Dorsch
• Prepared By: Larry Janis - Chief - Environmental, Economics and Cultural Resources Section
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Correspondence

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July 9, 2007

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8oIomdo Water Conservation Board

Mr. JimWoods, City Manager
City of Littleton
2225 West Berry Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80165

Dear Mr. Woods:

This letter is an official request for the City of Littleton (Littleton) to participate as a cooperating
agency for the Chatfield, Colorado Storage Reallocation Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS). Littleton has special expertise regarding water quality, recreational, and environmental
aspects of the South Platte River downstream from Chatfield Dam and expertise in overall water
management.

This letter provides the general expectations for the interactions anticipated to occur between the US
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps) and Littleton as a cooperating agency during the
preparation of the Feasibility Report/EIS. The Corps may assign tasks, request information and data
related to your agency's area of expertise, invite help in identifying and quantifying significant resources,
request assistance in identifying impacts to resources, and ask for your participation in other areas. The
Corps may also request early review of documents, including two week reviews of chapters as they are
completed. In order to focus on completing the Feasibility Report/EIS, it is to be understood that
documents receiving early review are works in progress and are not to be released outside your agency.

The Corps requests you provide a point of contact to represent Littleton for actions as a cooperating
agency. Ms. Elizabeth Peake will serve as the Corps contact for all items related to the National
Environmental Policy Act. She may be reached at [phone],

Littleton is invited, but not required, to attend general Chatfield Reallocation project study meetings,
held approximately once per month and coordinated by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the
non-Federal sponsor of the Feasibility Report/EIS. Littleton may be requested to participate in one or
more technical working groups which are formed and meet on an as-needed basis. Agendas will be.
emailed to the point of contact named by Littleton in response to the request in the previous paragraph.

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The Corps anticipates the successful interactions between our agencies will enhance the analyses in
the EIS and ensure the scope and content of the EIS will adequately address any potential impacts of the
proposed action. However, it is understood that Littleton's agreement to serve as a cooperating agency
will not preclude nor abridge its ability to independently comment regarding potential effects on the
environment of the proposed actions and reasonable alternatives. Feasibility Report/EIS review efforts of
Littleton are not reimbursed by the Corps.

For the administrative record, the Corps requests a letter from the City of Littleton stating formally
whether you agree to be an official cooperating agency and providing the name, telephone and facsimile
numbers, email address, and mailing address of each point of contact. Please send the letter to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Attn: CENWO-PM-AE (Larry Janis)
106 South 15th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1618

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