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<br />JUL-ll~S7 13'33-PROM,M.B.S.S. <br /> <br />rD:S71Z1 247 8827 <br /> <br />PAGE .16/27 <br /> <br />00 <br />~ <br />1 C'J <br /> <br />· Concurrent with the release of the new proposal, project proponents confirmed that the new <br />alternative is designed to allow expansion, so that a project similar Ie the size of the old i\LP <br />may someday be built. <br /> <br />· AI'though the new proposal claims that certain features of the original ALP have been <br />eliminated - primarily irrigation and delivery systems - project proponents have said nothing <br />about the deauthorization of these features. In fact, some of the funds contributed by the state <br />of Colorado are earmarked for additional irrigation facilities if additional depletions are <br />allowed. Therefore, the new proposal clearly holds open the prospect that the old ALP could <br />be revived i"l its entirety. <br /> <br />Congress should not buy a pig in a poke. No appropriations are warranted or <br />needed for ALP at this time. <br /> <br />. All parties have now abandoned the original ALP as unworkable. Yet, project proponents <br />want Congress to continue to appropriate and stockpile funds for some type of water project _ <br />even though it is undefined and unauthorized. <br /> <br />· The new proposal has not been authorized by Congress, lacks a determination offeasibility <br />by the Department ofche Interior, has no benefit-cost analysis, has no repa)'mem contracts <br />and proposes to foist major COsts on the taxpayers and power users without any public review <br />or review by any committee of Congress. <br /> <br />IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO PUll THE PLU8 ON AlP. CONGRESS <br />SHOULD HOT COMMIT ADDITIONAl FOHDS ONTIIA FISCAllY AND <br />ENVIRONMEHTAllY SOUND AlTERNATIVE HAS BEEN <br />DEmOPED DD REVIEWED. <br /> <br />FOR MORE lNFOR.1\-fATION CONTACT: <br /> <br />David Conrad, National Wildlife Federation. 202-797-6697 <br />Bob Roach, Ta:>.:payers for the Animas RiverIFour Comers Action Coalition - 202-&79-4092 <br />Lori Potter - 303-296-9412 <br /> <br />, <br />