Repayment

CHAPTER 4
011IFR IMPACT CONSIDERA PONS
4.6.4.3 Impact Analysis
Ile. RAlowi(tg sections discuss lxandul infarcts to fFAs and Frilhorimenlal hOice of Refined
Alternative-, 4 and 6 am! Me No Action Alternative. Ili addition, mitigation utcas6res atr'C liro{ioscd to
reduce or Climinafe potential significant in)pacls.
4.6.4.3.9 Refined alternative 4
Indian Trtlsl MS iCLS
Refined Alternalive 4 impact I - PofeWAlly SyllifiCtinl: Refined Allcrnalive 4 does not "feet (Ile
terms and coutfitious of the Sc(ticntcnl Agreeincn( fur the Colorado I Itt 'tubes.
Relined Alternative 4 would provide storage Ar:) portion of the (olomdo IIte "Tribe, assured wilier
ri „l►!,. I Iowevcr. the 39r9(ip ally of allowed di:plClion fir tile. Colorado (Jw Tribes is 13.240 a.rfy less than
that identified in the Settlement Agreement. All water provided under Relined Alternative 4 n)Its, be
used Cor M&YI pm-poses, v:hile the Settlement Agreement spcci6ed that 3,4011 afy Of depletion be used low
in iia)liott purposes by the Soutl)rn, [.Ile Indian 'tribe, and 26,300 afy be used I:61, irrigation p"rposcs by
the Ote. Mountain lJlp TV, Because Of the reduced amount ordepletion. the lack of itripillii)n water
and facilities, the precise ternis of the original Selticmenl Age cinc'ia cvttufd not he inct under Refilled
A licrnative 4.
I lowcvcr, Rehned Alternativc 4 would pri)vide the Colouldo the Indian 'I ribcs a ntcnn, to purchase
approximatlely 13,000 afy through the n,e of a $40 "filth.,” )water acquisilion AWL This amount annul be
used to acquirt private water rights left at willing buyer/ willing seller bails. I here hinds could also be
redirected 1161, on- 1*�irnt development, water delivery infrastructure, or other ecOnrintic developincnl ti c,.
Most important, the Cidomdo Lie Tribes have cndorsol Refined Ahernalke 4 as being suflicicnl
substitute. Ar the original ch;muts of the 1986 Sctllcntcni Agreement. h
Mitiga(iun for ReCiiued Alternative 4 Impact 1: Seek 111011ilication of Scttlemcal A} r'cenlcnt,
Refined Alternative: 4 would meet the Setllemon A{.menicul ifCongres, passCs ally legislation, with the
support of the Colorado We Adds, that specifics that the terms and conditinits or Refined 1lknutive. 4 15
tiaIis(N: Ihe. ( >U101'iiCIO (Ile. l'I'd)l'5' water rig.ltts. 13iith C'oh)rado Lie tellies have passed ics ilutions x.
supporting (he selection of Refined Allcrnalive 4 for,etticn►cnl of all their` remaining water rights c:laints.
Refined Altw•nalive 4 Impact 2 - Signilicanit: Lfndcr presen( cundidons, Retinal Othernalke 4
reduces the waiter supply availal)le 1'()I- the .licarilla Apache Tribe ►►atcr lights in the tiara ,luau
River.
Relative to no aclion, Rained Alternative 4 reduces the prescnl supply available to the Jicarilla Apache
IYibe to allow utilizatlion of its water rights consi:;ICttl with the fiS;1, Sccliifn 70 2joFthe USA maws
that each federal agency shall, in Consul ltalion with the Secretary, insure that any action authorized, u
lundcd, or Carried out by that agency shall not jeopardize Me ctm timed existence of at listed species or
result in the. destruction or adverse modification oferitical habitat. Poi` federal actions in the San .Ilia" .1
basin, such as Al.,K Ow Service has issued reasonable and prudent alternatives which have allowed the q,
i)Clion to go Forward. In file recent past, these RPA's have required i <eclamation to participate in 'Yo
research to determ hie the flows needed to recover endangered lisp species and then lu Operate Navajo 4.
Darn to mimic a nutuml hydmgmigh. thus, according to current iuodcling; full implc "icntation of the
4 6 ENVIRONMENTAL JUS t ICE AND
403 INDIAN TRIJS I ASSETS