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USDA <br />i <br />United States Department of Agriculture <br />Office of the Secretary <br />Washington, D.C. 20250 <br />JUL - 8 2011 <br />The Honorable John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />State of Colorado <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Governor Hickenlooper: <br />Thank you for your letter of June 27, 2011, requesting a disaster designation for nine Colorado <br />counties due to ongoing drought and a freeze that have occurred in 2011. <br />The Department of Agriculture has reviewed the Loss Assessment Reports and has determined <br />that there were sufficient production losses to warrant a Secretarial disaster designation. <br />Therefore, I am designating nine Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas, in two <br />separate disaster designations, as follows: <br />Desig! ation Number 1: Drought that occurred during the period of January 1. 2011. and <br />continuin . <br />Primary counties: <br />Bent <br />Fremont <br />Las Animas <br />Chaffee <br />Huerfano <br />Prowers <br />Custer <br />Kiowa <br />Pueblo <br />Contiguous counties (In accordance with section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and <br />Rural Development Act): <br />Alamosa <br />El Paso <br />Park <br />Baca <br />Gunnison <br />Pitkin <br />Cheyenne <br />Lake <br />Saguache <br />Costilla <br />Lincoln <br />Teller <br />Crowley <br />Otero <br />M Equal OppDftnfty F_rtpioyer <br />