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,.....,". ....., ~".1.1 7. Issue: In ~erms of irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources, the statement stops with a conclusion of gallons of fuel, bags of cement and the like. This is a highly superficial analysis and not in compliance with the kind of disclosure that the "EPA guide- lines" (sic) require. For example, a primary effect of this kind of a diversion is the permanent preclusion"of any agricultural activity that would otherwise utilize this water on the western slope, in our county or elsewhere, by diverting it to the eastern slope for obvious reasons. The statement does not address that question at all. . Raised by: Representing Dwight Shellman, Jr. *Murray Pope Pitkin County Commissioner Himself (letter of June 4, 1974) Response: Chapter VIII, Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources, has been revised and expanded to more fully discuss this issue. 8. Issue: On the question of alternatives, the only other to the current build alternative is a no-build alternative. alternative is to build no further until the agency has had tunity to evaluate the impacts of what's already there. alternative Another an oppor- Raised by: Representing . Dwight Shellman, Jr. *Murray Pope Pitkin County Commissioner Himself (letter of June 4, 1974) Response: Chapter IX of the Environmental Impact Statement, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, contains a number of possible alternatives to Project devel- opment. The No Further Development alternative is now included. The Bureau's evaluation of the impacts of this alternative are briefly discussed in Chapter IX, Section A. 9. Issue: In general, the statement does not address economic, social or Governmental concerns for the locality -- sometimes not at all, and in all cases never with the specificity required by the regulations. For example, the referenced regulation says -- I'm referring to Subparagraph (A)(1), "Agencies should also take care to identify, as appropriate, population and growth assumptions used to justify the project or program or to determine secondary population growth impacts resulting from the proposed action and its alternatives." That problem has not been dealt with in terms of development within the Fryingpan drainage alone, or development any place else on the western slope. . XI-475