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<br />,",UL-l-1.--"'e7 1:3; :3:3--FROJi'rI M. B. S. -5-'--- ---- <br /> <br />IO,S71i1 247 8827' <br /> <br />PACE 17/'27 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />NEWS from the <br />, ' '.~GAL DEFENSE FUND <br /> <br />For Immediate Release <br /> <br />Contact: <br /> <br />July 10, 1997 <br /> <br />Mary Wells <br />(202) 667-4500 <br />Robert W"tygW <br />(303) 623-9466 <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Dies at the Hands of Its Supporters <br />New ALP "Lite" Proposal Has the Same Fatal Flaws and More <br /> <br />(Washington, D .c,,) """ Eartbjustice Legal Defense Fund, formerly the Sierra Club Legal <br />Defense Fund, applauded the recent admission by supporters of the .AnimaS-La Plata (ALP) water <br />project that the $744 million boondoggle need not be built Legal Defense Fund attorneys <br />warned, howcv-er, that the "ALP Lite" proposed by ALP supporters has serious economiC; , I <br />environmental, and legal problems ofits own. ' <br /> <br />"ALP Lite is a scam," said Mary Wells, an Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund Policy Analyst. <br />"ALP supporters have" finally admitted that the project is urmecP<.""ry, but they still want taxpayers to <br />pony up over a quarter billion dollars for a project that will wreak havoc' on the environment and will <br />not deliver the,Water required for Native AmeriC3IlS in the,region." <br /> <br />In representing ~ ~alition of Native American, euvijonm~, and taxpayer groups <br />seeking sensible alternatives to Animas-LaPlata, Earthjustice LDF has repeatedly shown that the <br />water project ...iolates federal environmental and reclamation laws. Animas-La PI<rta would <br />violate the Endangered Species Act by threatel1ing native fishes, cause virtually continuous water <br />quality violations, and destroy hundreds of acres of wetlands. " <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata ''Lite'' has its own unique set of problems: <br /> <br />. It is a brand new proposal, which has not been authorized by Congress, which has not <br />undergone any public review and whose environmental impacts have not been studied. <br /> <br />. It will not deliver to Ute tribal lands allY of the water required by the 1988 agreement <br />settling the Ute tribes' water rights" Non-Indians in the region still receive substantial taxpayer <br />subsidized benefits from the project. <br /> <br />- Il10re - <br /> <br />16]5 Massachuserts Avenue, N.w., Suite 702, Washingron, DC ]0036-1991 <br />(]OZ) 667-4500 . (202) 667-2356 (FAX) . email: sc!df@igc"apc.org <br /> <br />~ !~4 '<<)'duf, post<(Jr.sum.:r. chlt;rr:n~.frze pap..'"T. <br /> <br />7"he Legal Dr!J~.s= Fune '''''wks WI;;h /nil is nor p:,ut oftlte Si4rra Clvb. <br />