WSPC03491

• File Number: 8220.106.O
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Animas La Plata - Project Funding
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 11/1/2003
• Author: DOI-BOR
• Title: Animas La Plata Project - Construction Cost Estimates - Report to the Secretary - November 2003
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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April 11, 1956

1962

September 26, 1968

1973

July 4, 1975

1974-77

September 1979

December 1979

July 1980

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ANIMAS - LA PLATA PROJECT.

History of Events
As of August 31,2003

The Congress, through the Colorado River Storage Act
of April 11, 1956 (P.L. 84-485,70 Stat. 105),
authorizes a feasibility study of the project.

Reclamation finds the project to be "engineeringly
sound and financially sound and feasible."

The Congress, through the Colorado River Basin
Project Act of September 26, 1968 (P.L. 90-537,
82 Stat. 885), authorizes construction of the project,
consisting of Howardsville Reservoir near Silverton,
Hay Gulch Reservoir 25 miles west of Durango,
Meadows Reservoir, 48 miles of canals and tunnels
and a diversion of the Animas River at Taft, halfway
between Durango and Silverton. The Project was
authorized to provide irrigation and M&I water
supplies to the Colorado Ute Tribes and other project
beneficiaries.

Congress appropriates funds for advance studies.

Passage of the Indian Self Determination and
Education Assistance (ISDEA) Act (P.L. 93-638).
Applies only to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Indian Health Services.

An advisory team of State, Federal, and local officials
considers about 30 alternate plans for the project in
response to environmental concerns.

A definite Plan Report detailing a new project
configuration including Ridges Basin and Southern
Ute Reservoirs is completed by Department of the
Interior.

Endangered Species Act (ESA), non-jeopardy opinion
is issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

The Final EIS is completed for ALP.

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