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L.^~'~ J~i~ Reaponse: . Chapter IX of the Final Environmental Statement has been expanded to discuss several alternatives not included in the draft Statement. Alternatives discussed include: No Further Development; Alternative Sources of Water; Alternative Sources'of Power; and Alternatives to" Features. The physical, biological and social impacts for those Project features completed and now under construction are discussed under the No Further Development alternative. Two alternative sources of water for the eastern slope are identified and discusaed. Since one of the principal Project functions is the generation of electrical energy, several alter- native sources of energy and the transmission of that energy are discussed. Also covered are alternative means to obtain Project objectives not provided by the features already constructed.' 3. Issue: The statement, is required to make a statement concerning irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources. Again, the primary and secondary effects are deemed to be engineering - quanti- fication of use of cement and the like. I would submit that the ref- erenced section of the "EPA guidelines" (sic) doesn't contemplate that at all. Raised by: Representing . Dwight Shellman, Jr. *Murray Pope Pitkin County Commissioners Himself (letter of June 4, 1974) Response: .ne Q1rect1ves trom the Council on Environmental Quality were utilized for the preparation of Final Environmental Statement, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Chapter VIII discusses the irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources, including elements such as natural resources extraction, erosion, destruction of archeological or historical sites, elimination of wildlife habitat, changes in land use commitments of fuel, manpower, water resources, and other renewable and nonrenewable resources, as required by Reclamation Instructiona, Appendix A-5. 4. Issue: The statement is to,address how the development will affect local land-use patterns. And again, at Volume II, Section 4, Page 8, the only reference to effects upon local land-use patterns is an obser- vation that it may create an, inducement for land developers to attempt to develop around the lake community or the resident community, and then just "gracefully bow out of that problem, indicating that it is a matter of local government concern. . XI-469