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'I 10. I . I I ~ . 0' .., ... ""'1 -, ;) .L il.: A member of the Leadville City Council read and submitted a resolution adopted by the City Council which reiterated those issues of the Lake County Commissioners. A representative of the Lake County High School nature study class read and submitted a petition with approximately 500 signatures which supported the issue that the Mt. Elbert Pipeline Alternative be cons~ructed in lieu of the proposed Mt. Elbert Canal. One of the affected landowners generally raised the same issues pre- sented above and the other raised an additional issue - the Bureau should acquire its needed lands at Twin Lakes as the Bureau's on-again off-again land acquisition program has kept Twin Lakes area landowners in a state of flux as to how the Project will affect their property. The two oral statements presented by representatives of the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce raised the issue that the Mt. Elbert Pipeline Alternative be constructed in lieu of the proposed Mt. Elbert Canal and generally supported continued construction of the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project. The presentation by the General Manager of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District supported the continued construction and operation of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. It also presented back- ground on the development of the Project Operating Principles and pointed out changes to the Project plan for preservation of the environment, most of which were incorporated into the Project plan before the passage of the NEPA of 1969. The issues raised by the oral and written statements at the public hearing are acknowledged and discussed in the following portion of this final environmental statemento Identical issues identified in the statements are responded to in one responseo No distinction is made between the issues raised in hearings held at Aspen and those raised at the hearings held in Pueblo. XI-428