CWCB Repayment Contract ALP

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PURPOSE / NO NEED. RECOMMrNDATIONS AND COMMI "tMI:NTS
5.4 1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
I'his scelil n diseuoses the cnvh""n that coinmitments INH have hen made by Interior or Rechnurlion
(luring the (Icvelopnlent of Relined Ahcnmhvc d (Reclanlali(ln's Preferred Alternative). Reclamation
wouhl sha -e responsibility for inlplcnlenting measures that w(luld avoid or w1we potential
ejj\,irojjjj)c ntal impacts of the ALP PInICCI. Ws responvilTillly "suld he ;hared with outer I decal
agenc.icq he Colorado Ulc'I gibes, and other ALI, I'rojcel hcucficiaries. as well as Ihird-parly cnlitie
which cols d include Colorado and Ncw Mexico state alLCncic,, local t,overnmcnts, and private
developen .
The conln iUnents in this chapter mirnmariie conlmilnrcnls matte durint, the planning, process and
incorporat d into ALP Isojeel plan as discumed in (_'haptcr' aflhis final Supplemental INvOnmenlal
Impact St: Ic (rSISIS), aril Mitigation measures proposed in Chapter-3 to re(lucc nr avoid intp,lcls that
would ofh .rwi-e occur as a resent of, IIle inlplenlc:n fat ion oftlie Preferred Altcrtlalivc. I'llese
cOnlnlitnlc u:; supersede conllllifnlents Inadc by Reclamation in previous ALI' I'r >jcct Notional
I:nvir, Mal Policy Act (NI.11A) documents.
As discus.. AI bclovv, the C0 111 111 11 111e11ts (ICScrlbcd herein would be implcnlculcd by Inle6or, or Interior
would rc(I lire Ihcil' inlplenlenlation by construclion conll.gc.for,, I1lanagcnlcnl aulhorilic.�, or third -early
devdoper . C0111Mif'Dents fir pre- constructioll activities would generally be conlpleled by Reclvllalion
% or by cunt actors during Ihe final design process Mul prior to construction acllvlllc` ;. %Vitdlif�, wellan(I,
%, cultural re ourcc.� :111(1 Illllel' I11111gi111U11 bw(.)llhl f)C Cllllll)ICLe(I b }' IZeClillllil(l(In a described in Ihr following
"o paragraph.. Sonle. conuniUnenls, such as nu >nitorin}t or additional sludics. %v'ould c-onlintle beyond
colllplctio of Construction of slruclural Iacililic:.
')'Ile 11011 -5 RICIl11-al coulpo11e11t oI the Preferred Alternative (i.e., the $40 Million water acquisition fund)
would be , (hn ill islcred by Interior through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (1301 h was assumed that the
JMC Of this RUKI would be for acquisition of irrigate(] agricultural lands and that We lands wiulld rennin
in irl igam production. In Illi: event filet be CoWrldo Ure Vibes were to elect to fund :illern:llive
activities ith the water acquisition fund or were 10 ;illply Rv water rights franslcrs, it would he the
responsibi ity of the water acquisition fund's ad111111iste1•ing agency to determine ;Ippmpdafc
cnAm"ncrifal finxtection nwasures. Il is possible that additional NIJ)A compliance play he rc.(luirc(l for
such alien alive uses.
I he use of AI ,P PrWea water by either the Coln n Me Tribes of other 1\1 A' I'roiccl heneliciaries
woUld rest It in environmental impacts ]hat would requiry the intplenwnittlion of avoidance. design
speciliC�lli n� and mitigation nwasln•cs. It the extent that Reclaninfion can require developers of AI,P
Project wa er end uses to implement environmental proloelion elements into dcsigll, Rcclalluuinu
cnnlnlits tt requiring c"win nwasures as discussed in the followQ section;. I low•cvcr, all conlPliancc
respnnsibi hies and costs associated with end use dcvclopnle.nt "w"Irl he the responsibility or be Ihil'(I-
qw, deve oilers, As discussed previously, additional NFTA compliance lvould likely be required IOI' the
dcvelopin nt ofend use facilities to occur. Al such lime, the lead agency would be responsible for
identifying additional environmental conlmitnlcnis specific to the proposed end uscs.
5.4.1 1 Gencral Commitments
'I hroui;ho�l the planninf process fur the projecl, clforts have been made to avoid impacts where
practicabl . If avoidance was not possible, then Inilil;adon nwasnres have been developed to reduce tilt•
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