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Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) was formulated to allow the project to proceed and <br />not cause jeopazdy to the fish. To date blocks 1-7 have been completed and were assumed to be <br />included in the BEA projections. Block 8, which represents an additiona131,866 acre-feet per <br />yeaz (AF/yr) of consumptive use is expected to be operational by 1997. Blocks 9-11 aze expected <br />to go under consultation for the remaining 82,202 AF/yr by 1998. Assuming a favorable <br />outcome, construction should commence in 1999 and withdrawals could begin by the yeaz 2000. <br />Depletion figures and start dates aze provided in Table 4-A-1. <br />Animas-La Plata <br />The Proposed Animas-La Plata (ALP) project was authorized by the Colorado River Basin <br />Project Act of September 30, 1968 as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage <br />Project Act of April 11, 1956. The project would provide water diverted from the Animas and <br />La Plata rivers for Agricultural and M&I purposes on tribal and non-tribal lands in northwestern <br />New Mexico and southern Colorado. The project consists of a federally financed portion (Phase <br />I, Stages A and B) and a portion (Phase II) to be entirely funded by non-federal sources. <br />Phase I, Stage A has completed Section 7 consultation. Construction of Stage A is expected to <br />start in 1996 and provide 80,100 AF/yr of municipal and industrial water by the year 2003. The <br />Bureau of Reclamation is expected to re-initiate consultation on Stage B of Phase I and Phase II <br />in late 1999. Upon completion of the Biological Assessment, it is assumed that construction of <br />Stage B will start in the yeaz 1999 and that water deliveries to agricultural enterprises will begin <br />by 2005. <br />26 <br />