Animas-La PLata Project Environmental Impact Statement

TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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3.20.2.1 Evaluation Methodology ...............................
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3.20.2.2 Significance Criteria .... ...............................
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3.20.3 Affected Environment ........... ...............................
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3.20.3.1 Durango Pumping Plant and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit ......
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3.20.3.2 Ridges Basin Dam and Reservoir ......: .. . ...............
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3.20.3.3 Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline .......................
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3.20.3.4 Lemon Dam and Reservoir ..............................
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3.20.3.5 Areas West of Ridges Basin ............................
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3.20.3.6 Areas East of Ridges Basin .............................
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3.20.4 Environmental Consequences and Mitigation .......................
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3.20.4.1 Refined Alternative 4 ..................................
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3.20.4.1.1 Structural Component ......................
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3.20.4.1.2 Non - Binding End Uses and Conveyance
Corridors Impacts .........................
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3.20.4.2 Refined Alternative 6 ... ...............................
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3.20.4.2.1 Structural Component ......................
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3.20.4.2.2 Non - Structural Component ..................
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, 3.20.4.2.3 Non - Binding End Uses and Conveyance
Corridors .. ..............................3
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3.20.4.3 No Action Alternative .. ...............................
3.21 SUMMARY OF IMPACTS FOR REFINED ALTERNATIVE 4 AND
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REFINED ALTERNATIVE 6 ........... ...............................
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4 OTHER IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS .........................................
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4.1 GROWTH - INDUCING IMPACTS
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4.2 CONNECTED, CUMULATIVE, AND RELATED ACTIONS .................. 4 -1
4.2.1 Navajo Reservoir Operation and the San Juan River Basin Recovery
Implementation Program .......... ...............................
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4.2.1.1 Background Information ... ...............................
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4.2.1.2 Relationship of Operation of Navajo Reservoir to the
Animas -La Plata Project ........... ...............................
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4.2.1.3 Navajo Operation Environmental Impact Statement ............
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4.2.2 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project ....................................
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4.2.3 Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement .......................
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4.2.4 Navajo - Gallup Water Supply Project . ...............................
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4.2.5 Restoration of the Navajo Hogback Project ...........................
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4.2.6 San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane Gas Development ....................
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4.2.7 Colorado Transportation Improvement Projects .......................
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4.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ..............................................
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4.3.1 Operation of Navajo Dam
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4.3.2 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
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4.3.3 Navajo River Water Development Plan ( Jicarilla Apache Tribe) ..........
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4.3.4 San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane Gas Development ....................
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4.3.5 Future Indian Water Development .. ...............................
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4.3.6 Colorado Transportation Improvement Projects .... :.................
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4.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT -TERM USES VERSUS LONG -TERM
PRODUCTIVITY ................... ...............................
4.4.1 Introduction
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4.4.2 Long -term Benefits and Productivity
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