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;; � • • _. . �{ �j � �� Y �� f� ��.�� 1�� °�.M�'� ��+�.. --°-'�' Prr�,� vt��ferr► C's�br�O �iOr�r S�r�� 14�s? February 28, 2006 Mr. Mike Serlet Chief of Planning and Construction Colorado Water Conservation Board 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 Denver, Colorado 80203 RE: REVISED February 28, 2U06 - Application for Water Resources Project Mitigation Grant Under C.R.S. Section 37-60-122.2 for Enlargement of Elkhead Reservoir, Moffat and Routt counties, Colorado Dear Mr. Serlet: We previously submitted an application for mitigation assistance to the Colorado Water . � • - -- . �anserva�ian an �pr�120, ZOaS. We understanci aur apg�ieatiz�n-�i�s ��3�gc�n� review by the CWCB staf€ and has received a favorable review by the Colorado Wildlife . Commission. We have revised and are resubmitting our application without the permanent game fish containment screens on the outlet works of the enlarged reservoir, determined by CWCB staff to be in-eligible. The enlargement construction is now half complete. The cost information included in this revised grant application is a much better estimate of project costs than possible � in April 2045. We ask for your review and favorable consideration of this revised apglication. . The Colora.do River Water Conservation District (River District) is undertakuig the enlargement and improvement of facilities of the Elkheac� Reservoir in Moffat and Routt counties near Craig, Colorad.o. The enlargement project is a cooperative effort between the River District, the. City of Craig, and the Recovery Program for Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado (Recovery. Program). Funding for the project is being provided by the River District (including a loan with the CWCB .Cbnstruction Fund), and the Recovery Program via the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The River District is writing to request a mitigation grant in the amount Qf $1,048,554 by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (Board) to the River District on behalf of the project as provided for in C.R.S. 37-60-122.2. This revised grant application includes the project costs related to mitigating the impacts to the in-reservoir game fishery by maintaining a game fish mitigation pool in the reservoir during the dam enlargement construction. Extraordinary construction measures were used in this proj ect to enable the dam to be enlarged Suite #200 * 201 Centennial Street / PO Box 1120 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602 (970) 945-8522 * (970) 945-8799 Fax