Repayment

Ca1APTER 5
PURPOSC AN I NEED• RECOMMENDATIONS AND CC
.NTS
5.4 I ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS
This section disciaws We ti'Ilvlrulllnolial ci,mmilnlc.nts that have been nlmde by Interior or Reclanl Oln
during the d velopment of Relined Ahcnmhve 4 (Reclamation's Preferred Alternative). Rcclaillalion
would share responsibility for implctrtcnling measures Thal would avoid or ,duce potential
environnlen al impacts of the Al,f' Projecl. 'phis responsibility would be shared with 011ie, fedcral
ngellc.ici, Ill COIO NRIO Ulc 'I vibes, ;ind other ALP Prujccl bcucliciarie . as well as Third -p rly entities
which could include LOlur & and New vTc°zico slate a;.cneics, local 1;owernmcails, and private
developers.
The cornnhi. dents in this chapter mirnm nze. conunilmrnls Milk clurinL, the planning process and
incorporate( into ALP Pn jecl plall as discussed in Chapicr' ofthis Final Supplenx:nta) I","VIrt)"Inelllal
Impact Slat (I SI ISj, awl niil jalion measures proposed in Chapter-3 to rducc or avoid inilmOs That
would other viNc occur as a result ofthe inlplcnlcnlalion orthe Pref'crred Allcruativc. These
colnnlitnlcn ,;.Supersede cornilli(nlents made by Reclaulation in previous AI.P Pri,jtoct National
I:nviroluncl ;if Policy Act (NI:I'A) documents.
As dkmsw I below, the am mIrrienls descHlied herein would he inlplenlctticd by Inlci•ior, or Interior
would rcqui •c 11161. i ill plenlentation by construction conlraclors, nlanagcmcul atlthoirilics, or Third -party
devehipers. C'olnn,ilmrnts for pre - construction acllvllles would gcncrally be collipleled by Reclamation
Or by cunt,: 'tors during the final design process mul prior to cmalrucHmi iIGIIVIIII'R. WilAW, wel5nd,
cultural rest "roes all! other iWiri alion mKWId be compleled by Rechinaikin as descrihcd in the following,
% paragr.iphs..'onlr. ConuniUnenls, :ueh as nlonittn ing or additional ludica, would conlinlie hound
cun,piction )I Conslrucicnl ofstuctural Iacilitic >.
The nun -sU' Iclural component of the Prcicrred Alternative (i.e., the $110 million water aCcquisitioll fund)
would be at ministered by Interior through the 13ureau of Indian Affairs (131;1). h was assllnied that the
use or this I nld would be for acquisition of irrigated agHwillmal lands and that these lauds would remain
in Irrigated )roduction. Ill the event (lull the Colorado Ute "tribes were to elect to Iund allern:llive
activities w Ih Ills water acquisition fund or were lr., ;apply ror water rights iramfers, h would he the
responsibili y of the water acquisition fund's adruinki.cring ,I cllcy to determine appropriate
environiocillal prOtedion measures. II is possible. That additional NI:PA coil) pliance "lay be required fur
such ahenm Nye uses.
'I he use of
would resul
specilicatio
Project waf .
coulluitl to
respnnsihili
party devew
dcvclnpmct
identifying
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'fhrougholl
practicable
el,P I'rojeCt water by either the (_'i+lior & t Ile Tribes or Other AI,I' Project beneficiaries
in cnvironnleutal impacts that would require the iniplenc:nlation ofavoida"U design
,s and mitigation nlcasnres. To the extent that Reclamation Can ,quire developers of 111,1'
r end uses to implement environmental prolccliun cleluents into design, Rcclanlatiml
-squiring certain Ilaeasures as discussed ill the lullowinp section;. I Iowcver, all compliance
ies and casts associated with end use development wrndd be the responsibility orIlle third -
pers. As discussed previously, additional NI ?PA compliance iwulcl 11cly he rcequurl) Or the
i ofend use ibeimics to occur. Al such time, the lead agency would be respoiNH e for
additional environmental commitments specific to the proposed end use ;.
General Commitments
the planning process for the project, erlorls have been made to avoid kupasis where
If avoidance was nol possible, then Irlitig;jtion measures have been developed to reduce tilt•
5.4 ENVIR0I4MCNTAL COMMITMENTS 5-10