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. . . . The landowners in the reservoir area, farmed the Regional Landowners Graup, Incorporated and initiated litii;Jation against praject construc- tion. On July 11, 1976, the Regional L~ndowners Group, Incorporated and a group af landawner members filed suit in the U.S. District. Court of Colarada far injunctive relief pending "adequate camplianc~ with" the National Enviranmental Palicy Act, Freedom af Infarmatian Act, and Fish and Wildlife Caardination Act and Public Law 89-72. As a result of the administration's decision not to. s~ek funding in fiscal year 1978. the camplaint was dismissed withaut prejudice on March 2, 1979. The project field affice in Fa~t Mdrgan, Colorado, was closed in December 1978. Federal funds total ing over $7 million were expended thraugh fiscal year 1981 for preauthorization investigations, advance planning, preconstruction activities, a~d land acquisition. . State and lacal interests continue to. be supportive af resuming con- struction of the Narraws Unit. ALTERNATIVES ANALY4ED I This study evaluated two. plans. Both plans have M&I service scheduled far the initial year af water delivery. i One plan would serve all af the authorized purpases. A second plan would serve all af the autharized purposes with the exception of fload cantral. An analysis was prepared for the additian af a hydraelectric powerplant to. the plan. Authorized Narrows Unit with Munici8al. and Industrial Water Public Law 91-389, which authorized the Narrows Unit, provided far supplemental irrigation water, flood ~ontrol, recreatian enhancement, fish and wildlife conservation and deve1iopment, highway improvement, and future municipal and industrial water s~pplies. The communities and industrial users in the area submitted tentative water requests to. the districts for initial delivery of water totaling almost 23,000 acre-feet per year. For the purposes of this evaluatian, 25,000 acre-feet per year were used. Th i s operat ion wou 1 d not require additional features or costs. . r Autharized Narrows Unit with Mu~icipal and Industrial Water Wl th.out F laod C.ontro I Thisevaluatian wauld serve all af ~he authorized project purpases except fload control. Without fload ,cantro1, Narrows Dam would be approximately 3 feet lower and the service spillway wauld not require radial gates. The rights-of-way require~ents could be modified from fee title to flowage easement depending ~n the frequency of flooding, land use, buildings, and soil conditiqns. For the purposes of this study, it was estimated that without flood cantrol, the project would require about 14,000 acres less in fe~ title. Land ownerships with habitable buildings would be acquired in] fee title. , The following tabulatian displays the difference in starage capacities for the Narrows Unit Reservoir with and withaut flood cantral. 2