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<br /> Proposed Water Depletions and Allocations for the ALP Project ;
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<br /> Water Recipient Depletion from the San Juan River Basin(afy)
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<br /> Southern Ute Indian Tribe 19,980
<br /> Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 19,980
<br /> Navajo Nation 2,340
<br /> ! Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District 2,600
<br /> San Juan Water Commission 10,400
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<br /> III Subtotal Subtotal 55,300
<br /> ■ a c Allowance for Reservoir Evaporation 1,800
<br /> 1.11' Total Depletion 57,100
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<br /> I'' The Navajo Nation,ALPWCD,and SJWC would annually receive a combined total of 30,680 acre-feet
<br /> I'll (af)(representing 15,340 afy of depletion)of water from the ALP Project. With a small amount
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<br /> accounted for by system operational losses, annual water allocations for the Colorado Ute Tribes,Navajo
<br /> '„' Nation, ALPWCD,and the SJWC would total 111,965 af(57,100 afy depletion).
<br /> ;!g The Navajo Nation would receive 4,680 afy(2,340 afy depletion)and would use it to serve a portion of
<br /> iii I the M&I requirements of the Shiprock,Cudei,Hogback,Nenahnezad,Upper Fruitland, San Juan,and
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<br /> I;' Beclaibito Chapters in the Shiprock,New Mexico area. A new water pipeline,the Navajo Nation
<br /> ;' Municipal Pipeline(NNMP),is proposed for construction to deliver this water to these seven Navajo
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<br /> la,!, Nation Chapters,replacing the existing pi eline between Farmington and Shiprock. The 4,680 afy
<br /> 1 t represents about one-half of the future projected M&I requirements of these chapters,based on a 40-year
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<br /> II'!I The ALPWCD projects growth of M&I water needs in the Durango,Colorado area(Gronning 1994),
<br /> "'i'' based on the continued increase in population of about 2 percent annually during the 1990s in its service
<br /> . area,as well as residential,commercial, and industrial growth in outlying areas near Durango. Water
<br /> ii'' allocations of 5,200 afy(2,600 afy depletions)from the ALP Project would supplement existing water
<br /> supplies and would serve this growth. Future development of facilities to serve the City of Durango and
<br /> ' other ALPWCD water users would potentially be the subject of future NEPA compliance.
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<br /> I - The SJWC has identified water use needs and projected M&I growth in its service area,including the
<br /> { Cities of Aztec,Bloomfield, and Farmington,New Mexico(Cielo 1995). Under the ALP Project
<br /> f' allocations,the SJWC would receive 20,800 afy(10,900 afy depletion),which would meet a portion of
<br /> its projected water needs. Future development of facilities to serve the Cities of Aztec,Bloomfield,and
<br /> ' Farmington and other SJWC water users would potentially be the subject of future NEPA compliance.
<br /> ' I Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
<br /> On January 4, 1999,Reclamation announced its intent in the Federal Register(Volume 64,No. 1)to
<br /> prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement(SEIS)to the 1996 Final Supplement to the
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<br /> Final Environmental Statement(1996 FSFES)for the ALP Project. The new SEIS is intended to
<br /> supplement the 1996 FSFES and the 1980 Final Environmental Statement(1980 FES)with the objective
<br /> of providing an environmental evaluation to assist Interior and other involved parties in reaching a final
<br /> settlement of the water claims of the Colorado Ute Tribes. The SEIS has been prepared to meet the
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<br /> procedural requirements of NEPA following the regulations established by the Council on Environmental
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