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Specific measures to reduce impacts to recreation use on the Animas River include a commitment to <br />acquire at least two new fishingtrecreation access points to the river, and to arrange for stocking of the <br />river for fishing. Refer to Section 3.11.4 of the FSEIS. <br />To soften the visual effects on the Animas River area, the pumping plant would be blended into the <br />natural form of the land, and revegetation with native species would be used to soften the view of the <br />pumping plant from view. Refer to Section 3.20.4. of the FSEIS. <br />- General Comm t No 9: Threatened and F,,alda=Md M l gpacts <br />Detrimental impacts to threatened and endangered fish species (i.e., Colorado pikeminnow and razorback <br />sucker) will occur if the Preferred Alternative is implemented. <br />Response: <br />One of the basic tenants of the Preferred Alternative of the ALP Project is to comply with the <br />requirements of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program (SJRBRIP) formulated <br />under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The SJRBRIP goals are to conserve populations of the <br />Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker in the basin, and proceed with water development in the <br />basin: The pumping program of the Preferred Alternative has been developed to complement the flow <br />recommendations of the SJRBRIP. Measures incorporated into project operations include restricted <br />pumping rates at the Durango pumping plant in conjunction with operation of Navajo Reservoir to <br />provide a more natural hydrograph in the San Juan River. <br />General Comment No. 10• ALP Project PmRing Impacts on the Animas River <br />The FSEIS does not provide a good description of ALP Project pumping on the Animas River in <br />Colorado and New Mexico. <br />Response: <br />The FSEIS discusses these effects in Section 3.2 and in the Technical Appendices. To present this <br />information more clearly, the FSEIS has been modified. Here is a summation of those changes. <br />The hydrology for the historical period 1929 -1993 was used to analyze the effects on the Animas River <br />due to project pumping. The amount of water pumped at the Durango Pumping Plant would be regulated <br />by the following criteria. <br />flow in the Animas River <br />downstream senior water rights and non project demands <br />GC -8 <br />