Animas-La PLata Project Environmental Impact Statement

TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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2.5.1.6.2 Development Program ......................
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2.5.2 Description of Refined Alternative 6 ..............................
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2.5.2.1 Water Supply for Refined Alternative 6 ....................
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2.5.2.1.1 Sources and Amount of Water Supply .........
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2.5.2.1.2 Depletion of San Juan River Water Supply ......
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2.5.2.2 Development of Component of Refined Alternative 6
Commensurate with Refined Alternative 4 for Developing up
to 5 7, 100 afy of Depletions to Serve M &I Needs ............
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2.5.2.2.1 Purchase of Land and Water Rights to Yield
17,432 afy of Depletions ....................
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2.5.2.2.2 Coordinated Operation of Existing Storage
Reservoirs with Streamflows for Increased
Availability of Water under Refined
Alternative 6 ............................. 2 -135
2.5.2.2.3 Purchase of Storage Space in Red Mesa
Reservoir .. ..............................2 -136
2.5.2.2.4 Enlarging Lemon Reservoir ..................
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2.5.2.3 Development of Component of Refined Alternative 6 to
Purchase Land and Water Rights for 13,000 afy Depletion
(Commensurate with the Non - Structural Component of Refined
Alternative 4) ......... ...............................
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2.5.2.4 Cultural Resources Mitigation ...........................
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2.5.2.5 Wetlands Mitigation .... ...............................
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2.5.2.6 Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline ........................
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2.5.2.7 Conveyance Options to Deliver Municipal and Industrial Water
to Future End Uses ..... ...............................
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2.5.2.8 Total Cost and Development Program for Refined
Alternative 6 .......... ...............................
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2.5.2.8.1 Capital Costs .............................
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2.5.2.8.2 Annual Costs .............................
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2.5.2.8.3 Development Program for Refined Alternative 6 .
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2.5.3 Common Elements of Refined Alternative 4 and Refined Alternative 6 ...
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2.5.3.1 Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline ........................
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2.5.3.2 Land Requirements for Non - Binding Future Water Use For
Refined Alternative 4 and Refined Alternative 6 .............
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2.5.3.2.1 Land Requirements for Future End Uses .......
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2.5.3.2.2 Land Requirements for Conveyance Pipelines ...
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2.5.3.2.3 Land Requirements for Pumping Plants :.......
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2.5.3.2.4 Land Requirements for Water Treatment Plants ..
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2.5.3.3 Construction Procedures and Impacts .....................
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2.6 COMPARISON OF REFINED ALTERNATIVE 4 AND REFINED
ALTERNATIVE 6 ....... ........ ............................... ..
2.7 RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH A WATER RIGHTS PURCHASE PROGRAM
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2.7.1 Risk of Availability of Lands with Senior Water Rights ...............
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2.7.2 Risk Associated with Estimating Rate of Inflation of Land Prices .......
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2.7.3 Risk Associated with the Assumption There Would Be No Disruption to
Market Prices of Land ......... ...............................
2.7.4 Risk of Encountering Higher Costs Resulting From a Longer
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Procurement Period for Land Purchases
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