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<br />A project lhillllllkes a Rube .
<br />Goldberg iDi~hf.ne look eI~ant
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<br />, Oi.mlni ttaa Bureau i. c1evcthtit .
<br />"dlihi,eiibtlu'.tl'ii1yi jlm De~kCi. a'
<br />.poUticlllSclentc~ it Fort Low1s'
<br />ColIllse In Durin'so '!lei . fo~~d.hi:.
<br />inember,of,T~~fortbOAiJl_'\
<br />m..Iu;;..1h6 !OWl IJuiMgO lrodp hili
<br />rou8ht an' ahriliti 10"" "" ,galnsl Ani.
<br />inas-LaPl8iuliit6 t97~. :, . " !:
<br />. ThoButCIlu OfReclarRadonfSjustiri.::;: '.
<br />eIlSIncerinI bon, ilp Decker: iInd lioCf, ,i.:'j
<br />exacUy whai JotIj pi1lplfneIlq teU it ReV1 :
<br />..,,1110 rabll OawiS.""""",,*I..-r. ". ..
<br />Decker. who ~n recile a litany ot .
<br />problem;, alway. s~ with lbe ceo., :'
<br />nomlcS," ALP, iitl.p, has ~. nnbt-~.~.~.
<br />. CIII.oMlr .hici,Jt wai iulhotlzed hi ,.'
<br />1968.liSdntlno8mliloaua.lth-aiil. .'
<br />lude .Iorilse dint and i 4a-mllo-loftg
<br />8)'stcmolcanaJj,ilpIJoriiaridhlhneJl~
<br />would hayecOst$liOmlUIon, and had.. .
<br />beneflt-coitratloihilevetibiflhc" . '-" . '- -:'- "- .
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<br />'~.;~.~::'~~~.'.I~"""."'col:. T.'" heifJ.UfeaU ~t:,~~b..t ~mat.l()h
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<br />1.1110 mld-19701. th, "m.....d lid' I'd'" it. d' .'. t" h"IIl'" '. .
<br />the SoolhwfilOm )Valer Consonancy: ' . " . n ',0 'C" I .' ',. .
<br />DlstrfctconYenedhorkisofmeedngsln ' .
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<br />~hGm~Vl~~~,J~Sain'IMaynes
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<br />. anoft.IbUai~lnRId8OiBi8m, _, '.. :.' /1 .. '. . '."-
<br />abrolid,ic<iopecI.oot\;lI;;.Jui,...th. say!;.'
<br />1Iestortnd,~teet._bOViDurinio. ..... ,.". .,..,.", ,..' ,~"
<br />Tho, syitetit nktulm thlte pumping ..
<br />.tallollt. The fliSt tWo '1Igos will Ilfl . 'J\
<br />19',OOO-_teet of Anlmu River watei . .' . ,.
<br />tho 500 (;oj t6lllclili Buln ReoenooIl; , ..,& is duw11S bilOli1I and OIl ...
<br />..... lhoa........ 400 loOt up.... ove.. "" wroJij dO. allIl6WllWi I. thi ig;acy
<br />, , old""",, tilllii t........ ilr "" La P.... ~III ha,.1b iii/Id liillthil..lcit.....
<br />baslh.'thlle,. i Iulll lei 61 j>ampj ~IU i.dpumpi 10 i.HIi&IO\W\'1 ih... 01
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<br />baoIa'ahJah,~m"'" . ..,lumelpamplDjslilloil,;;,tItOJow;iu
<br />'. Th8llDludon mated .... probJehg . Pia" RIYer to help tho SobUtCin_ Utes
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<br />\ ~ m~lor. pipellf1e. ','
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<br />contlllufd,/t'Ofli prel1fo," /HIlI
<br />cllenlJ - nino Slalc and nadOnaJ envl.
<br />roomenlal arou," - hired one of Col-
<br />orado', most'relpCCled en,lneers, fOf.
<br />mer State Walu Engineer Jed! Daniel_
<br />SOO,DSBCOltSull8fll.
<br />Caputo argues that ALP wltl nevet
<br />gel built unless Ills scaled back. "Tho
<br />Bureau has two cholcea," Caputo and
<br />Potter wrote I.,t rail In a lelter 10 the
<br />Durango Htrald. "It eBb ellfH:r keep try_
<br />Ing to bun ahead 11108111# wIth Anlmas-
<br />La Plata, in which case we will OOIItlnue
<br />to sue them and beallhem In com. Or II
<br />can reecgnliUI that Anlma.LaPlataIs an
<br />Illegal lurkey thai C8lUlOt and shoiLId not .
<br />be buill, and 'begln to look seriously at
<br />cheaper, environmentally friendly aller. ,
<br />native ways of meeting ~ real human
<br />needs In the FoorComersarea."
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<br />Dump Ute Bureau ctRedamatton
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<br />The ALP coalhlon, howeye; I Is
<br />undaunled'. Maynes calb ClpulO's 'tIuuI
<br />"btaggadocio,"HellBystbOlawsuJtsaro
<br />pucedlnlbsueslha1C8hbe~fixed.
<br />May~ 11$0 laughs 81 the offer to
<br />negotiate.. "We don'l have 10 deal with
<br />the Siena Club. We have to deal with
<br />the National Environmental Policy Aci
<br />IU'Id lhe EndanSered Species Act"
<br />DespIte h1spOlso. Maynes lsclearly
<br />furiooslhallheptojeclcanbellOCDSiIyheJd
<br />up this lalclln the game. The blame, he
<br />says, Hos wlth theBureauolRee!llmalkn
<br />"AI various limes In ihCl Illsl 10
<br />yeats. people within_the Bureau of
<br />Rcclamallon never thouS'" we would bo
<br />able lO set' 'he project buill." IIY'
<br />Maync.,:_~s.a." J. '
<br />die1rbomclWoik.~ :"",. ' ,
<br />Maynes says,key studies On soIlloJr.,; ,
<br />Icily wero required In 1986, but never
<br />done. Tho Dutelu aIsQ rllted to do sur.
<br />veys .nddozen~ofothtrresearcb Items
<br />required by sevcral rederal laws.
<br />To the dismay of local supporters,
<br />those mlslake,s have made Animas-La
<br />PlalS an euy wsedor what Maynes
<br />calls "sl8m dunk" lawsuits by the 8lemt
<br />Club Legal Defense Fund. Even the
<br />Durango Herald,lashed GUlt.warnlng
<br />that "If DuRcc's handling ofllle Aiilmis.
<br />La Plata project Is any IndJcatlorl of Its
<br />competence, lbe apncy sholdd be 000 ~f
<br />the finl agencies laJetcd for eUmlilatlon
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<br />1'ho'S,ureiu, id.ynes .c:odciddei.
<br />can'l Ox. the pmht'flmi ind ihould 'be
<br />d'~"" eallltloil iliauld b.l~ Ani.
<br />mai.U P111tllh;eJr, as: Ulah watCr oIti.
<br />clals cUd w~.~,lOdt bveCtbc talllrig
<br />Certiial tJtiiIi. ProjeCt. Or; he adds; the .
<br />IrlbeiCou1cllakOol<l'leii>6nolbUllyrcil.. .'
<br />~1inderu.elndliilSelrDeier~
<br />. mblatlon Ad. . .
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<br />,",1o...Atlic in.ii_h,ld, N.M., 10
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<br />the ~whrig collection or pIpes,
<br />PumW,AM_rilft,rvObi, itay! Decker, Is
<br />bOjilbly one ot IhO most Inefficient
<br />BuiieC pioJeeu .... deoigried.
<br />. Mill, ~ ''WI'"' buyl'il pro.
<br />j;;llilll wlb iitlkii R.16 tlOOthirg look
<br />IIk!M cIld hi. Iialhlo, II Mit.li.1II
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<br />;;;J,liIiilOO.llllth6e!k1rl1llylblopm.
<br />JccltlilU consumo," ilIci R.ep. George
<br />Mlilif,I).Ci11I.' thi llOiiItlliotd oitho
<br />itotli6 thlllilor'Comiidtti6,'lri a 1988
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<br />bl/li!.tM.i~qOiriilil !Rei B"go'-
<br />iiIlAW 1iI<a... .1 A SliiiO CI.b Lego!
<br />~I;mcIFiecdairiultat"""""'Acl
<br />JiWiulI"'..... lhatcooli..",rioon 10
<br />tMOlllliJloli,V;hUebaiefi.....dropped
<br />10 lliiliili fbI."" cIoiIa. ""-L Pm-
<br />jeefobi;,oej,j,'_.gj~Iho"b"""
<br />lM_-,tiiJ}el~~! ltistoty 9f underestimating
<br />~Hililo..l/uutltOllMiprleo"'w111
<br />i1kdY~$lblil1Oll., .
<br />. ,bii<&In.,.....ou,ltWlUlalo,o=
<br />100 InlJlliiiikl1_t.h.... bt OIeeulclly
<br />AyiAfllil.o<i>.., i>ampiiditnlai,ln Ies.
<br />tI;riO;/y 10 tlMB, "" Ii..... oa1~ thOt ri,.
<br />lrii"i)(j\y~ tosls - whICh will ilceount
<br />tOf 4* "(9 ~"'perce~t tit operation and
<br />~ CostS"'- COuld make ALP
<br />'U'1&\bM~ Iha. U.e i'~~ government
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