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. . 1.4 Response No response is required for section 1. 2. PROJECT SETTING 2.1 Description of ~ediate Unit Area The Glenwood-Dotsero Springs are located in west central Colorado separated by the narrow scenic Glenwood Canyon (See Appendix 6 location map No. 1244-417-1). The Glenwood Springs are at the west end of Glenwood Canyon and the Dotsero Springs 16 miles to the east. The city of Glenwood Springs, which surrounds the Glenwood springs area, has a population of about 4,000. The small community of Dotsero lies about 2-1/2 miles east of the Dotsero Springs area. The Eagle River enters the Colorado River at Dotsero and the Roaring Fork River joins the Colorado River at Glenwood Springs. Thermal springs enter the Colorado River from both banks and from the river bed. About one-half of the known springs discharge above the low flow water surface of the river. Some of the larger Glenwood Springs have been developed for commercial swimming pools and private mineral hot baths. The Dotsero Springs are presently undeveloped and some may have been disturbed or covered by construction of Interstate Highway 70 (1-70). Interstate Highway 70 is the major east-west road in this area except through Glenwood Canyon where the designation is U.S. Highway 6 as 1-70 has not yet been constructed. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad runs east from Glenwood Springs through Dotsero to Denver, and west through Grand Junction to Salt Lake City, Utah. Glenwood Springs has a small airport, however, the nearest commercial airport is at Grand Junction, about 90 miles westward. The immediate unit area has topographic coverage by the Glenwood Springs, Shoshone, Cottonwood Pass, and Glenwood Springs (4NE) (advance proof), Colorado, 7.5 minute, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps. 2.2 Response No response is required for section 2. 3. INVESTIGATIONS 3.1 Previous 3.1.1 Available Information and Sources The following information concerning the Glenwood-Dotsero Springs Unit is available for review at Water and Power's regional office in Salt Lake City, Utah, (Room 6101, Federal Building, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111), or the Grand Junction Projects Office in Grand Junction, Colorado, (764 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501). Information and sources stated are from several agencies; however, it should not be considered as a complete list of the material available. Additional information may be available from the Colorado Division of Wild- life, U.S. Forest Service, State and Federal Highway agencies, the Colorado D-2