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<br />~~~~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Raised by: <br /> <br />Representing <br /> <br />Dwight Shellman, Jr. <br />*Murray Pope <br /> <br />Pitkin County Commissioners <br />Himself (letter of June 4, 1974) <br /> <br />Response: <br /> <br />The Final Environmental Stat~ment, Chapter III, Section A 14, discusses <br />the present level of economi~ development, employment and social or <br />cultural factors in the Project's primary area of influence. The area <br />affected by the Project's impact has been divided into four sections <br />to better represent the diff~rent forces at play in the divergent <br />geographical areas. The section contains, in addition to the written <br />information on these issues, figures and tables identifying the physical <br />characteristics, population projections and social and economic peculiar- <br />ities. Chapter IV, Section A contains a discussion of the possible <br />impacts of the Project on population and economic growth of these areas. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10. Issue: The irreversible - irretrievable discussion should also <br />consider natural and cultural resources committed to loss or destruction <br />by the action. The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is a permanent commitment <br />of both environmental, natural resources, and cultural resources. And <br />in particular, it precludes permanently any agricultural application of <br />that water in the area that has historically had a strong agricultural <br />emphasis. <br /> <br />Raised by: <br /> <br />Representing <br /> <br />Dwight Shellman, Jr. <br />*Murray Pope <br /> <br />Pitkin County Commissioners <br />Himself (letter of June 4, 1974) <br /> <br />Response: <br /> <br />Chapter VIII of the Final Environmental Statement discusses th~ irrever- <br />sibl~ and irretrievable commitment of resources. The Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Proj~ct authorizing legislation has committed a portion of Colorado River <br />water for the necessary social and economic development of the Arkansas <br />River Basin in Colorado. The section identifies the various resources <br />committed for each Project feature, assures that archeological sites <br />and historical points of interest have been identified, and assures that <br />archeological artifacts have been salvaged and that the historical signifi- <br />cance of the historical sites have been preserved. Ruedi Reservoir has <br />been designed and built with adequate conservation storage capacity to <br />protect western slope water users against Project diversions during low <br />runoff years, plus water for potential additional needs on the western <br />slope. Ruedi Reservoir provides storage of flood flows that would <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />XI-476 <br />