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1430 Permitting and Regulatory Issues The purpose of this report is to compile a description of Permitting and Regulatory issues that will be encountered in the development of the storage alternatives that are under consideration. Permits will be required from Federal, State, and Local Agencies. An initial compilation of potential permitting requirements was compiled through the use of the Colorado Permit Directory as modified in the "Water Resources Plan Alternative Assessment Study completed for Colorado Springs Utilities by Gronning Engineering Company dated June 1995. An initial list of these project permits is given in Table 1. Meetings have been held with eight federal and state agencies that have pennitting or operational responsibilities that will have significant input to the permitting of the storage alternatives. These eight agencies are as follow: . U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USSR) . U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) . U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . U.S. Forest Service (USFS) . U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) . Colorado Division of Parks (CDOP) . Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) A copy of the typical meeting agenda and copies of the meeting minutes are included in Appendix A. The results of this preliminary pennit scoping and the agency meetings are summarized below. Federal Permitting Agencies The primary permitting requirements for water projects are those administered under the general requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEP A). Under NEP A, either an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or and Environmental Assessment (EA) of the impacts of the proposed permitting activities is required (Department of Defense, 33 CFR parts 230 and 325, 1988). Environmental Impacts are normally required for: . feasibility reports for authorization and constrUction of major projects, changes which substantially increase the size of or add additional purposes to projects, and proposed major changes in the operation and/or maintenance of completed projects. . . ($ Pennitling and Regulatory Issues ..,'. -.". .....-~' _.