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<br />-.......... <br /> <br />.... T ""'^ <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />United !ates Department of the I!rior <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />liPPER COLOMDO REGION^L OffICE <br />P,O. BOX 111GB <br />SALT LAKE CITY, UT^H 84117 <br /> <br />IN ~EPL Y <br />REFER TO: <br />ue- 770 <br /> <br />To: All on Enclosed List <br /> <br />Subject: Draft Reasonable and Prudent Alternative for the Animas-La Plata <br />Project (Biological Opinion) <br /> <br />Enclosed is the Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) reasonable and prudent <br />alternative which was developed through the technical team process at the <br />October 9, 1990, meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. The elements of the <br />alternat'v~ nave been discussed at great length at a local and Washington <br />Office level, between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), Bureau of <br />Indian Affairs, and Reclamation. Reclamation has reached agreement on the <br />content and wording of this letter with the Service that would allow them to <br />proceed with development of a Draft Biological Opinion (including a reasonable <br />and prudent alternative). <br /> <br />In keeping with Reclamation's commitment for your continued involvement in the <br />process, we are providing our draft letter describing the alternative to you. <br />We invite you to consider it from the standpoint of identifying major problems <br />which you fee' would prohibit it being sent to the Service in its present <br />form. In order to expedite the development and issuance of a Draft Biological <br />Opinion, Reclamation would like to officially send the alternative to the <br />Service by the end of this month. To this end, we propose to discuss any <br />comments you have by telephone. We ask for your consideration in avoiding <br />editorial changes unless they create significant problems to allow the process <br />to move quickly toward a new Draft Biological Opinion. <br /> <br />Please contact Rick Gold at 801.524.3330 with any concerns or questions you <br />might have. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Roland Robison <br />Regional Director <br /> <br />Enclosure <br /> <br />~ pages of enclosure <br />follow <br /> <br />j, <br />