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<br />! c <br /> <br />JAN-27-S8 18,25 FROM,M.B.S.S. <br /> <br />March 1995: <br /> <br />ll/ovember 13, 1995 <br /> <br />January 1996: <br /> <br />February 26, 1996: <br /> <br />March 14,1996: <br /> <br />IO.870 247 8827 <br /> <br />PAGE <br /> <br />6/10 <br /> <br />Opinion, Stage A facility construction is defuted generally as <br />follo....s: the Durango Pumping PUmt, Ridges Basin Dam and <br />Reservoir, Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit, Shenandoah M&I <br />Pipeline, La Pillta M&I (rural) Pipeline, and regional road and <br />utilily relocaIibns. Also included is mitigaIibnfor fish. wildlife, <br />and 1<- ::ands. <br /> <br />Scage B construction includes: Durango Pumping Plant add-on <br />pumps, Ridges Basin Pumping Plant, RBPP transmission <br />facilities, Long Hollow Tunnel, Durango Municipal & Industrial <br />Pipeline, Dryside Canal-Phase 1, Red Mesa Pumping Plant- <br />illterals-transmission facilities, Alkali Gulch Laterals-phase I, La <br />Plola, NM Laterals-Phase 1, Dryside Lateral-Phase 1, Drains- <br />Phase 1, NM Interim Facilities, She1ll11ldoah Pipeline, Southern <br />(lte Diversion Dam, and Southern Ute Inlet Canal. Also included <br />are recreaJion faCilities, and fish & wiMlife and cultural resource <br />preservaJion/enhancement. CompkiWn of Scage B allo....s the fuU <br />development of Phase 1. <br /> <br />Reschedukd the compleliqn of the Final Supplement IiJ the Fmal <br />En>'ir()~'7letltal Statement to incorporate staging of Phase 1. The <br />Supplement is now scheduled to be filed with the Environmental <br />Protection Agency in November 1995. Execution of a Record of <br />Decision is planned for January 1996. <br /> <br />The Enerro-' and Water Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996 <br />states tluzl, "In order to ensure the timely implementation of the <br />Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act I1f 1988, the <br />Secretary of the Interior is directed tl1 proceed without delay with <br />construction of those facilities in conformance with the Fmal <br />Biological Opinion for the Animas-La Plata Prl1ject, dated <br />Octouer 24, 1991. . <br /> <br />Rescf.eduled the completion of the Fi1l11l Suppkment to the Final <br />En vir '''-mental Statement to allow additional time for completion <br />of fJ1ltdyses, Endangered Species Act c011$UliaJion, and multi- <br />team review of the draft Supplement. The Fmal Supplement will <br />ue fued with the Environmental Protection Agency in April 1996. <br /> <br />Final Bil1logical OpiniQn is issued by the Service. This I1pinion <br />deals with significant, new information tluzl had uecome available <br />since the 1991 opinion. Reasonable and Prudent Alternative <br />(RPA) elements are simiktr to the 1991 I1pinion with inclusions <br />such as a clarification of language on the allowable 57,100 acre- <br />feet depletion; (IJ1.d the requirement to test low winter fll1ws frl1m <br />Navajo Reservoir. <br /> <br />Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, representing several entities. <br />filed .-..[ again."! ReclomoJion regarding the possible amendment <br />of the Cost Sharing Agreement. The suil contends tluzl a public <br /> <br />5 <br />