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<br />1- <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />t-'Al.:ll:. l::I~ <br /> <br />Dave Miller <br />PO Box 567 <br />Palmer Lake, Colorado 80133 <br />(719) 481-2003 FAX (719) 481-3452 <br /> <br />March 14,2002 <br /> <br />FAXED Memorandum, II pages <br /> <br />FOR: Chairman Ken Calvert, Subcommittee on Water and Power <br />Representative Joel Hefley <br />Representative Scott Mchmis <br />Representative Bob Schaffer <br />Representative Tom Tancredo <br />Senator Wayne Allard <br />Senator Ben Campbell <br />Interior Secretary Gale Norton <br /> <br />RE: Inclusion ofUSBR'S Aspinall Unit Pool and Central Colorado Proiect (CCP) oversi.lilit5 <br />in propOsed H. R. 3881 Studies Bill to en1arl~e Pueblo and TurQuoise Reservoirs, <br /> <br />I respectfully request an invitation to provide public testimony in support of the enclosed EI <br />Paso County Board of Commissioners and EI Paso County Water Authority letters requesting <br />inclusion of the Aspinall water source and CCP high storage oversights in H. R. 3881 <br />Reservoir Studies Bill. <br /> <br />This request is based on the following key points: <br /> <br />1) The Aspinall Pool and CCP have been potentially superior water supply and drought <br />protection alternatives for multiple basins for many years, <br />2) These available Gunnison alternatives were not considered during the PSOP process that <br />detennined enlargement of Pueblo and Turquoise Reservoirs was the preferred option. <br />3) Any federally sponsored reservoir study tbat does not include consideration of all viable <br />alternatives will likely fail EIS rules during the NEP A process, <br />4) Inclusion of Aspinall Pool and CCP alternatives in the H. R. 3881 studies could prevent <br />another costly Two Forks type loss and time delay. <br />5) Colorado needs integrated studies involving its water-short and surplus river basins to <br />solve its growing drought and growth protection crisis, <br /> <br />Thank you for considering this request for an invitation to testify on H. R. 3881, Please advise, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Encls: 1) Subject EI Paso County Board of Commissioners letter dated March 14, 2002 <br />2) Subject EI Paso County Water Authority letter dated March 13, 2002 <br /> <br />c: Governor Bill Owens <br />Chainnan James Hanson, U,S. House Committee on Resources <br />