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<br />3.11.3 Impacts of Alternatives.............................................................,.............3-48
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<br />3.11.3.1 No Action ................,............................................................3-48
<br />3.11.3.2 Development Alternatives ..,.................................................3-49
<br />3.11.3.3 Gunnison River Conidor......................................................3-49
<br />3.11.3.4 Uncompahgre River Conidor...............................................3-49
<br />3.11.3.5 Endangered Wildlife.....,....................................................... 3-50
<br />3.12 Land Use and Recreation....................................................................................3-52
<br />3,12.1 Existing Conditions ................,............................................................... 3-52
<br />3.12.1.1 General Land Use .................................................................3-52
<br />3.12.1.2 Gunnison River Recreation .............................,....................3-52
<br />3.12.1.3 Uncompahgre River Recreation ....................,.............,........3-52
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<br />3.12.1.4 Hunting. ........................ ,.....,................ ................................. 3-53
<br />3.12,1.5 Other Developments.. ,............. ............... ...............,.............. 3-53
<br />3.12.2 Impacts of Alternatives............................,..............................................3-53
<br />3,12.2.1 General Land Use................,................................................3-54
<br />3.12.2.2 Gunnison River Recreation ...........,......................................3-55
<br />3.12.2.3 Uncompahgre River Recreation ...........................................3-55
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<br />3.12.2.4 Hunting .... .... ... .... .... ......... ..... .................. .................... .,........ 3-56
<br />3.12.2.5 Other Developments..,..... ....................... .......... .... ... .... .........3-56
<br />3.13 Social and Economic Conditions .................................................,.....................3-56
<br />3.13.1 Existing Conditions .... ,........... ,.. ....... ,...... .....,.........,.. ........ ...... ,.............. 3-56
<br />3.13.2 Gunnison River Rafting and Fishing....................,.................................3-57
<br />3.13.3 Impacts of Alternatives... .... ........ ... ...... ............ ......................... .............. 3-58
<br />3.13.3.1 Alternative A ............,..............................................,............3-58
<br />3.13.3.2 Development Alternati ves ........................................... ......... 3-58
<br />3.13.4 Environmental Justice ,..,.. ,............. ... ... ........ ..........................................3-60
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<br />3 .14 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................. 3-60
<br />3.14.1 Existing Conditions, ... ....... ........ ... ................ ....... .........................,......... 3-60
<br />3.14,2 Impacts of Alternatives.......,...................................................................3-61
<br />3.14.3 Indian Trust Assets ...... ........... .... ....................................................,....... 3-61
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<br />3.15 Air Quality..... ....... .... .......................................... ....... .................................,....... 3-62
<br />3.15.1 Existing Conditions .................,... ,........................................ .... .............. 3-62
<br />3.15.2 Impacts of Alternati ves................... ................................... .....................3-62
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<br />3.16 Noise........... .... ....... .... ,.... .......................... .......................................................... 3-63
<br />3.16.1 Existing Conditions ,...... ,.................. ............ ..........................,............... 3-63
<br />3.16.2 Impacts of Development......... ,............................................................... 3-63
<br />3.17 Energy and Depletable Resources ...,..................................................................3-64
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<br />3.18 Cumulati ve Impacts .......... ,.. ........,.......... ............................................................ 3-64
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<br />4.0 Public Coordination
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<br />4,1 Introduction............................,........,.........................................,....... ...................4-1
<br />4.2 Public Issues. .,...... ... ..,............. ....,..............,......................................,.................. 4-1
<br />4,2.1 Effects on Uncompahgre River ......................,.........................................4-2
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<br />4.2.2 Water Supply .....................,.....................................,................................4-2
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<br />AB Lateral Hydropower Project
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<br />July 2000
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