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<br />Task 1. 2 – Coordination <br />In order to account for the necessary integration of the energy development within the <br />“visions” of the Colorado and Yampa /White River Basins and the inter/intra basins <br />consumptive and non - consumptive water needs , t here needs to be a strong level of <br />coordination and communication among the various federal, state, local and private interests. <br />URS will coordinate with other federal , state and local agencies studying the impacts of <br />energy development . T he study team w ill further coordinate with the DNR Oil Shale <br />Committee chaired by DNR Deputy Director Mike King . Coordination with and among <br />these agencies , in addition to the private energy companies, will be critical to developing <br />similar baseline as sumptions across t he alternatives development scenarios . In addition, <br />URS will participate in the Energy Needs Assessment subcommittee (which includes <br />participants from the Yampa and Colorado River roundtables, federal, state, and local <br />agencies, and energy companies) . <br /> <br />Phase 1 Deliverable s – 1) Matrix summarizing coordinating agencies, documents and d ata <br />reviewed . 2) List of assumptions and scenarios supporting the Alternatives Development for <br />modest, moderate, and full production scenarios ( Phase 2) 3) Meeting minutes/ phone <br />logs/notes/agendas from coordination activities. <br />Phase 2 – Alternatives Development <br />The purpose of this phase is to evaluate the various components of the energy processes <br />available, given the assumptions and scenarios developed in Phase 1. <br />Task 2.1 - Energy Process Evaluation /Assessment <br />As part of this task , URS will conduct a conceptual level assessment of the water needed for <br />energy development in western Colorado . Water requirements vary throughout the life of the <br />extraction and development of th e energy resources. Water uses for energy extraction <br />includes construction, potable water, dust control, drilling, processing, filling and cooling of <br />the heated interval for reclamation, and rinsing of the zone inside the freeze wall (for certain <br />processe s). Water is delivered to the site for initial construction and drilling activities. <br />Potable water for personnel consumption is also delivered to the site throughout the life of <br />the facilities. On - site water is needed for most operational uses and would be supplied from <br />water wells drilled for the specific resource extraction method. (reference CO - 110 - 2006 - 117 - <br />EA). <br /> <br />URS will assess three different scenarios ranging from limited energy development to large <br />scale industrial restructuring as part of this ev aluation (modest, moderate and full <br />production) . As part of the scenario analysis, the URS team will evaluate three specific areas <br />of the energy development process including: <br /> <br /> extraction and development (direct use) , <br /> indirect/municipal uses (workers, in frastructure), and <br />- 7 - <br /> <br />