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<br />001955 <br /> <br />Draft Environmental Assessment <br /> <br />Mancos Project Carriage Contracts <br /> <br />Contracts Between the United States and Three Private Individuals for the <br />Carriage of Non-Project Water Through Mancos Project Facilities <br /> <br />1. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE ANI) NEED <br /> <br />This final Environmental Assessment (EA) is prepared in cOI1lj:>liance wiw.,~he National <br />Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (Public Lawg~~l~O^and relaie4'1Repartment of <br />Interior (Interior) policies and regulations to address th(e~ proposed water c~4ge contracts <br />between the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)~three private irrigators iil'iSQuthwestern <br />Colorado. Specifically, Reclamation's Western Colorad.o Area Qffice (WCAO) iuj)urango, <br />Colorado, has received requests for three contracts to cafryn()n';pt(jj~ct irrigation water through <br />the Mancos Project facilities. The proposed contracts wotildbe among the United States, <br />Mancos Water Conservancy District (Disttict) and the three indiyidual irrigators who own non- <br />project water rights. The non-project waterc;~~d under theseC:Q:qtJ:act~ would be used to <br />irrigate private lands within the Mancos projectboliHgaries. <br /> <br />- - <br />-.::-.-::.". '4" <br /> <br />In addition, this Environmen~~~ Assessment wi~.l a!soser\t6'as,tbecompliance document for <br />implementation of the En,qal1g~J.:ec.l Species ActWSA), Section 7 (See 7). No biological <br />assessment has been deyeloped'<~(ls:lamation initiated informal consultation under the <br />Endangered Speeies1Act,i~ a letter:tequesting an enc.lan.~ered species list, describing the proposed <br />project, and also requesteCt:;mtiatio:nfpI: consultatiorr;under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination <br />Act.~;, <br /> <br />., :'u-_, <br /> <br />"' <br />.. <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />