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<br />.'1'1 <br /> <br />JAN-27-88 18:24 FROM,M.B.S.S. <br /> <br />Ocrober 22, 1991: <br /> <br />October 25, 1991: <br /> <br />Ocrober 25, 1991: <br /> <br />October 26, 1991: <br /> <br />February 25, 1992: <br /> <br />April 23, 1992: <br /> <br />April 29, 1992: <br /> <br />June 9, 1992: <br /> <br />May 12, 1992: <br /> <br />July 10, 1992: <br /> <br />August 1992: <br /> <br />September 17, 1992: <br /> <br />10,870 247 8827 <br /> <br />PAGE <br /> <br />4/10 <br /> <br />Notice 4 Intent to sue from the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund <br />et. al. The Notice of Intent raises questions about compliance <br />wiJh the Clean Water Act, tile Nationnl Environmental Policy <br />Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act. <br /> <br />Final Bwlogical Opinion is issued l1y the Service. The opinwn <br />conUzins a reasonable and prudent aIlernative that allows <br />construction to begin and project depletions of 57,100 acre-feet <br />per year while an endangered fish research and recovery program <br />is conducted. <br /> <br />Commissioner of Reclamation signs memorandum which <br />authorizes the Regional Director to begin construction of the <br />projert. <br /> <br />Ground breaking ceremony is held near Durango, Colorado. <br /> <br />Four Corners Action Coalition, Sierra Club, Colorado lV"zIdIife <br />Federation, Taxpayersfor the Animas River, and Southern Utah <br />wilderness Alliance, represented by the Sierra Club Legal Defense <br />Fund, rue a lawsuit against Reclamation. <br /> <br />Reclamation rescinds au.tJwri::atfqn for construction pending <br />completion of a Supplement to the Fmal Environmental <br />Statement. <br /> <br />Reclamation lllI/Iounces in the Federal Register its intent to <br />prepare a draft Supplement to the Final Environmental <br />Stat.ment. <br /> <br />Reclamation awards contrtU:t for cultural resources data recoury <br />to Northern Arizona Universi.t:y. <br /> <br />Department of Justice files res[J()nse tq the lawsuit. <br /> <br />Judge Zita Weinshienk dismisses 80f the II causes of tU:tion in <br />the lawsuit including aeon Water Act and Administrative <br />Procedures Act issues. NEPA issues were not dismissed because <br />of questions regarding the pending cultural resources work. <br /> <br />Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund rrIes a motion for Preliminary <br />Injunction to haIl cultural resources work. <br /> <br />Judg.e Weinshienk grants Preliminary Injunction. Reclamation is <br />prohibited from perfonning ground disturbing activities in <br />connection witil cu.lt:ural resources activities until the compER-tion <br />of the SuppER-ment to the Final Environmentnl Statement. Other, <br />non-ground disturbing activities may proceed. <br /> <br />3 <br />