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<br />\1 <br /> <br />......---"'.. <br /> <br />.--..-.-.....-.., <br /> <br />. \, ."",' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br />-, <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />- 59 - . <br /> <br />habitat is more important to these species than the White <br /> <br />River habitat. Thus, the description and analysis of <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />environmental impacts of Green River alternative must be <br /> <br />revised. There is underway a U.S. Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />study of the habitat of these species which is not sched- <br /> <br />uled to be completed until 1982. If endangered species <br /> <br />considerations are sufficiently compelling to delay com- <br /> <br />men cement of construction on the Rangely Reservoir, as <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Deseret argues, for similar reasons, the same delays <br />*/ <br />would apply to the Green River site.- <br /> <br />Second, treatment of the endangered species ques- <br /> <br />tion in the DEIS is completely misleading. The DEIS <br /> <br />provides as follows: <br /> <br />"As an alternative to withdrawing <br />their 30 cfs Utah water right from the <br />Green River and depleting the river <br />flow, Deseret could purchase water <br />directly out of Flaming Gorge Reservoir <br />from the. Water and Power Resources Ser- <br />vice. The water from Flaming Gorge <br />could be released into the Green River <br />and then pumped from Walker Hollow <br />to the plant site." DEIS at 80. <br /> <br />*/ It is Rio Blanco's position that Endangered Species <br />Act considerations should not be invoked to delay either <br />the Rangely Reservoir project (Taylor Draw and Wolf Creek) <br />or projects on the Green River. The point is that, if <br />they are to be invoked at all, they must be invoked even- <br />handedly. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />0373 <br />