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<br />which are presently applied to federal projects. Thus, by <br /> <br />present federal standards, neither project would be considered <br /> <br />feasible, even as reformulated. <br /> <br />In short, the evaluation requested by Senator Hart shows <br /> <br />very few, if any, opportunities to improve the viability of <br /> <br />Colorado's projects given existing federal evaluation procedures. <br />Furthermore, it should be noted that in the case of the Yellow <br /> <br />Jacket project, which has always had a B/C ratio greater than <br /> <br />1.0, the project cannot be authorized for construction by Congress <br /> <br />until the municipal and industrial water supply of the project <br /> <br />is contracted for, which contracts the coal and oil shale companies <br /> <br />in the area have consistently refused to enter into. <br /> <br />Discussion of Narrows <br /> <br />The Narrows project received an appropriation for a <br /> <br />construction start in federal FY 77, which funds were used for <br /> <br />land acquisition and to commence final project design and detailed <br /> <br /> <br />engineering. Funding ceased in federal FY 78 when the Carter <br /> <br />Administration put the project on its "hit list." <br /> <br />Reactivation of the project, which Colorado would want <br /> <br />done in the form of an appropriation for continuing construction, <br /> <br />not for more advanced phanning, would likely encounter the <br /> <br />following proble~s: <br /> <br />(I) The consultation process required between the <br /> <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Seryice (FWS) and Water and <br /> <br />Power Resources Service (WPRS) concerning the alleged <br /> <br />impacts of stream depletions on the habitat of the <br /> <br />endangered whooping crane and of the sandhill crane <br /> <br />has never taken place. Thus, this activity <br /> <br />-5- <br />