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<br />" <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />131 3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3031 666-344' <br />fAX: (3031 666-4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Jrtmes s. lochhetld <br />b:.eCu[lve Director, ONR <br /> <br />Di'lries C. Lile, P.E. <br />Director, eWeB <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br />Randy Seaholm IWk <br />January 20, 1998 <br />Agenda Item 2ge, January 28-29, 1998, Board Meeting -- <br />Animas-LaPlata <br /> <br />LETTER TRANSMITTSALS <br /> <br />Attached for your information are two letters regarding the EP A and Department of the <br />Interior review ofthe alternatives developed through the Romer/Schoettler negotiation <br />process on the Animas-LaPlata Project. <br /> <br />The first is from William Yellowtail, Regional Administrator of the EP A stating that the <br />process is underway. The second is from Governor Romer, and Lt. Governor Schoettler <br />urging the EP A, Interior and Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate the alternatives in a more <br />efficient, expeditious maimer which follows appropriate legal processes. A more <br />expedient review is needed in order to allow the Ute Tribes and other Animas-LaPlata <br />proponents to advise Congress on environmental issues surrounding ALP-Lite by <br />February 15, 1998. We will forward the outcome of these analyses, to the Board when <br />they are complete. <br /> <br />TRANSFER OF LANDS FOR THE DURANGO PUMPING STATION <br /> <br />With the completion of the Romer/Schoettler negotiations, Staff will reinitiate <br />discussions with the Colorado Department of Health (CDOH) to transfer the lands that <br />CDOH owns and on which the Durango Pumping Plant is to be located to the Board or <br />other appropriate agency, <br /> <br />1:/BoardmemlJan98/jan982ge.bdm <br />