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<br />COLO. WATiH
<br />CONSERVATION BOARD
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<br />11 May 1977
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
<br />SACRAMENTO DISTRICT. CORPS OF ENGINEERS
<br />650 CAPITOL MALL
<br />SACRAMENTO, CAUFORNIA 95814
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<br />REPLY TO
<br />ATTENTION OF
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 6268
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<br />TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
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<br />Application has been made to this office by the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
<br />Region. P.O. Box 11568, 125. South State Street, Salt lake City, Utah 84147, for a Department of
<br />the Army Permit to construcl an earthfill dam on the Dolores River, Sec. 1 and 2, T.JaN, R,16W
<br />(NMPM), Montezuma County, Colorado, as shown on the attached drawings.
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<br />The dam will be a rolled earth, sand, gravel, and rockfill structure with a volume of
<br />approximately 5,029,000 cubic yards. The impounded reservoir water will be used for irrigation,
<br />municipal and industrial, recreation. and fish and wildlife purposes.
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<br />Application has been made 10 the Environmental Protection Agency for a National Pollutant
<br />Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, in accordance with Section 402 ot era I
<br />Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
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<br />A Draft Environmental Statement (DES) dated 1 November 76, entitled "Dolores
<br />Colorado," has been prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau on. A
<br />copy of the DES is available for review at the Bureau of Reclamation Office noted above.
<br />Additional information can be obtained from Mr. Wayne E. Cook, P.O. Box 640,835 Second
<br />Avenue, Durango, Colorado 81301, or telephone (303) 247-0247.
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<br />The National Register of Historic places has been reviewed and there are no places either listed
<br />or recommended as eligible which would be affected by the proposed construction. This review
<br />constitutes the extent of the cultural resource investigation by the Sacramento District Engineer.
<br />The Sacramento District Engineer is unaware of the presence of any such resources.
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<br />Any person who has an interest which may be adversely affected by the issuance of this permit
<br />may request a public hearing. The request mUSl be submitted in writing to the District Engineer
<br />within thirty days of the date of this notice and must clearly set forlh the interest which may be
<br />adversely affected and the manner in which the interest may be adversely affected by the
<br />activity. Other interested parties who are not necessarily adversely affected are invited to submit
<br />in writing, on or before 13 June 1977, any comments they may have on the proposed work.
<br />
<br />A permit issued by the Deparlment of the Army does not give any property rights either in real
<br />estate or material or any exclusive privileges and does not aulhorize any injury of privale
<br />properly or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State or local laws or
<br />regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining State assent to the work authorized.
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<br />The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact of
<br />this aClivity on lhe public interest Evaluation will include application of guidelines set forth by
<br />the Administrator, EPA, under authority of Section 404 (b) of the Federal Water Pollution
<br />Control Act. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of
<br />important resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the
<br />proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which may
<br />be relevant to the proposal will be considered; among those are conservation. economics,
<br />aesthetics, general environmental concerns, historic values, fish and wildlife values, flood
<br />damage prevention, land use classification, navigation, recreation, waler supply, water quality
<br />and in general, the needs and welfare of the people. No permil will be granted unless its
<br />issuance is found to be in the public interesl.
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<br />DONALD M. O'SHEI
<br />Colonel, CE
<br />District EnRineer
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