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<br />001975 <br /> <br />EAGLE PIiiEY HATER PROTECTIO[j ASSOCIATION <br />P.O. Box 159 <br />Vail, Colorado 81657 <br /> <br />February 14, 1972 <br /> <br />i'lr. David Emory <br />Mr. Tom Rogers <br />United States Environmental <br />Protection Agency <br />Rocky Mountain-Prairie Region <br />1860 Lincoln Street <br />Denver, Colorado. 80302 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RE: EAGLE PIf~EY WATER PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, COLORADO OPEN SPACE COUNCIL, <br />Aim TROUT UNLIHITED-COLORADO COUilCIL STATEr~Ei'IT FOR THE COLORADO RIVER <br />ENFORCENErn CQfjFERENCE, LAS VEGAS, FEBRUARY 15-17, 1972 <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The following is our statement of position concerning the mineral quality problem <br />of the Colorado River Basin. !.re have asked ',lary 1<0zoloski of the ;!evada Colorado <br />River Commission to present this statement for us personally at the enforcement <br />conference in Las Vegas. Eagle Piney l'Jater Protection Association is a newly- <br />formed state group which represents several hundred individuals and assorted <br />conservation-water state organizations concerned with state water problems. Colo- <br />rado Open Space Council is a Denver-based organization representing 47 separate <br />conservation organizations throughout the State of Colorado. Trout Un1imited- <br />Colorado Council represents approximately 1000 members in Colorado and is an <br />affiliate of Colorado Open Space Council and Eagle Piney !!ater Protection <br />Association. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.l.-_ _lhe adverse effects of transmountain ~Jater di versions. <br /> <br />As the tnvironmenta1 Protection Agency Summary Report on <br />the Mineral Quality Problem on the Colorado River Basin <br />aptly states, "out-of-basin diversions from the Upper <br />Basins contribute significantly to stream flow depletions <br />and produce a salt concentrating effect similar to consump- <br />tive use." . <br /> <br />The Environmental Protection Agency should be advised that <br />on the upper Colorado River there are numerous transmountain <br />diversion projects under consideration, new ones and enlarge- <br />ments of existing projects, which, if permitted to proceed, <br />will seriously further deplete the stream flow of the Colo- <br />rado /liver to an enormous extent (perhaps in the neighbor- <br />hood of one million acre feet a year). Some of these planned <br />new and enlarged transmountain diversion projects are: <br /> <br />(a) The "!i ndy Ga p proj ect on the upper Colorado <br />River mainstem near Hot Sulphur Springs - Six <br />Cities Usersl Association (sub-district of <br />ilorthern Colorado Hater Conservancy Di strict). <br /> <br />COpy <br /> <br />~ <br />