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<br />,'ii;:(>.),:;:,>..,:.~.,'c:'5':The"draftEIS co~ta1nsl1ttle qualitative or quantitative; data '" :': '>:';~:~:I
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<br />.'.:"'-\.;:::'~.:'\:..::\,data:base'1t'is not possible to do' an'adequate'analys1s of the probable~";:,.;,:::
<br />,::~.:!~:;:':C;;~:::'c,e,ffectsupon .the proposed Narrows Unit.' The corrments that follow 1n~',;>.:/.(;
<br />:;".:'..;.,':'.'.~:~','~d1cate "the; type of ,information and data~ that 'EPA feels is needed f~r'>';~'';:;;j;;;:;
<br />.",\;;;;':;':.,,:,..~:'the Bureau:of'Reclamat1on to adequately analyze probable impacts., :. This ",:~,...;,.-',
<br />.~\':(~':' (',:~ <:add1t1onal1nformat1on' should be' 1ncl uded in the EIS to enable reviewers':: :>?,~;,
<br />"/::.~'i:..,;.,.;,;...:::to.inake':;ndependent:evaluat1ons::: The staff of the EPA Region VIII office.,:,',).!
<br />,>\\~)>'~':~;~.\is':ava1lablefor,consultation on the water quality 'issues..'.' ,-c...:'," ::;\'.\;~
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<br />. :",(i' ,':" ';~;;;L'prese.ntly befng made. to improve the water quality of the South Platte.' ,,:."'.{:,
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<br />::':;':~:-';,::",/:-.l1.!le.':'The report does not 1ndfcate which water quality parameters would . :',,:1
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<br />>;.~'>-:\':,'.::..;' made in January. .1964, and 1965 ,the 1971-1972 studies show that some c ,:: ;,", ::'.';:;:1
<br />.-:':,::(,:".';',',: improvement of water quallty in the South Platte River has occurred. . '.:;,i.'"
<br />';:,S~,,>;__J}'.":';:'~ ~:hat are the specific parameters that have sho~m improvement, deterioration <,'; 'i
<br />:"';:"{~.'.:':',<:.'.orhave':stayed the same and how do they relate to the proposed reservoir?: ";'c':"'j
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