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-7- <br />The terminal point of Wild and Scenic River designation <br />below Poudre Park was chosen so that the maximum water level of <br />a reservoir at the Grey Mountain site will not exceed 5640 feet <br />in elevation. This water level ceiling protects from inundation <br />of the segments designated under this Act and provides an <br />additional assurance to the residents of Poudre Park that Wild <br />and Scenic River designation will protect against encroachment <br />of reservoir levels through Poudre Park. <br />In order to provide designation of the Poudre River to a <br />point below Poudre Park, and at the same time provide for the <br />development of a reservoir at the Grey Mountain site, section 2 <br />recognizes that it may be necessary to relocate existing Highway <br />14 into the Wild and Scenic River corridor to provide access to <br />Poudre Park and its residents around the project facilities. <br />Road relocation also includes the consideration of reasonable <br />measures by permitting authorities and the project sponsor to <br />minimize any impacts on the designated segments. It is noted <br />that the potential relocation of the road is permissible only <br />under these circumstances because the road currently exists and <br />is needed for access by residents of Poudre Park. The <br />acceptance of the potential need for road relocation is not <br />intended as precedent to allow road access to any other private <br />inholdings currently without access bordering a wild and scenic <br />ri ver. <br />Section 2 contains a congressional finding that water and <br />energy development located entirely downstream of all designated <br />