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• Board Meeting Date: 9/16/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Presentation on Northern Integrated Supply Project ‎(NISP)‎
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

City o~ Fort Collins NISP DEIS Comments
~ September ]lO, 200
Part I -EXECUTIVE SUMMARX
1. NISP Would Cause Significant Impacts to the Water Quality of
Horsetooth Reservoir and to the Cache la Poudre River in Fort
Collins: Pg. 2
2. The Corps Has Not Fulfilled its Obligatiorn to Analyze and Protect
the River and City's Drinking Waiter Supply: Pg. 3
3. The DEIS Does Not Adequately Analyze the Impacts of NISP on
Fort Collins: Pg. 3
3a. City Drinking Water Sources: Pg. 4
3b. Water Quality Impacts to the Cache la Poudre River: Pg. 4
3c. Trichloroethene Contamination: P~;. 5
3d. Threats to Fish Habitat and Increased Flooding Risks from
Sedimentation: Pg. 5
3e. Impacts to Vegetation and Wetlands Along the River: Pg. 6
3f. Impacts to Fish and Wildlife: Pg. 7
3g. Air Quality and Climate: Pg. 7
3h. Recreation and Quality of Life: Pg. 8
3i. Socioeconomic Impacts to Fort Collins and Its Residents: Pg. 8
4. A Supplemental DEIS and ]Revised 404(b)(1) Analysis Are
Necessary to Address the DE1[S's Shortcomings. Along with
Improving the Data and Analysis ~of Impacts, the SDEIS and Revised
404(b)(1) Analysis Must Contain Definite and Specific Measures
Designed to Avoid, Minimize ;and Mitigate NISP's Significant
Degradation of the Aquatic Envirc-nment: Pg. 9
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