Colorado River Division 5 Palisades Whitewater Park Correspondence

• Description: Colorado Division 5, Palisades Whitewater Park Correspondence
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/2007
• Author: Various
• Title: Palisades Whitewater Park
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Correspondence

STATE OF COLORADO
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street,Room 718
Denver,Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
TDD: [phone] DEPARTMENT OF
Fax: [phone] NATURAL
RESOURCES
Bill Ritter,Jr.
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Governor
Harris D.Sherman
November 5, 2007 Executive Director
Mr. Steve Moore
Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District
Colorado/Gunnison Basin Regulatory Office
400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563
Re: Public Notice Number 2007-01391-GB Comments (Town of Palisade permit
application to construct a whitewater recreation park on the Colorado River).
Dear Mr. Moore:
The Colorado Department of Natural Resources, based on the information drawn
from three of its divisions (Division of Wildlife, Water Conservation Board, and Water
Resources) and as a partner in the Upper Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program,
has reviewed the above-mentioned notice and submits the following comments.
While Colorado is not opposing the whitewater park, the State is vitally interested
in assuring that ongoing water and power diversion processes are maintained and that no
interference occurs in the conservation and recovery efforts for the four endangered
fishes.
Specifically, Colorado raises the following concerns regarding the whitewater
park proposal:
1) The maps and drawings provided are inadequate to determine the impacts of this
proposed project. Hydrologic information necessary to make determinations
about boater safety, impacts on diversion and return structures, spring runoff
impacts, and low level flows on fish survivability are lacking such that any
complete analysis is difficult. In addition to the above,proponents need to
provide a permitting and construction timetable, a discussion as to how
construction is intended to proceed specific to whether the whitewater park is to
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