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<br />.... <br />l\:l <br />.....:t <br />...... <br /> <br />April 20, 1'76 <br /> <br /> <br />Bureau of Roclallllltlon <br />125 South State Street <br />P. O. Box 11568 <br />Sa 1 t Lake Chy, Utah 81fllt7 <br /> <br />REf Draft Environmental Impect St.~t, CqJorado RIver Water Qua11~ <br />Improvel_1t Progrlllll <br /> <br />Gentlell*n <br /> <br />The Colorado Department of Heal th has reviewed the document referred to <br />above. \lie have revIewed the Oraft Statement wIthIn the contex stated <br />QI1 the SUl11t1lilry sheet, I.e. detaIled Impacts on Llls Vegas Wash end Cry$tal <br />Geyser Units with other detailed envlronl1l8lltal statements to be provIded <br />as necessary. <br /> <br />AI thOUgh there may be some Illlnor adwrse or secondary envl ronmental <br />ef'eets not readily IdentUI lib Ie at this stage of develop_t, we thInk <br />the Bureau of Rec:lametlon has adequately assessed the Impacts of a con- <br />ceptual pI..,. for Colorado River Water Quality Improvement. <br /> <br />The State of Colorado Is a member of the Colorado RIver Basin Salinity <br />Control ForUlllwhlch has endorsed the Impl.nantatlon of the eontrol <br />measures ldentl fhld In the Draft State...nt. The structural and non- <br />structural 1lI81i1sures as IdentifIed In the Draft Statement wIll assist <br />the Upper Sasln states In _ling tlMl PUlllBrlc:a1 crIteria for salinIty <br />In the Colorado RIver system as required by P.L. 92.500. <br /> <br />In vIew of the constraInts on salinIty Imposed by P.L. 92-500. the Im- <br />plementation of the proJeets authorIzed by P.L. 93-320 wIll assIst the <br />State In IlllIlntalnlng the quality of Colorado RIver water at aecaptab Ie <br />levels. Future water resource development In the State of compac:t. <br />apportIoned waters 101111 depend 011 Plalntalnlng aec:epteble lavels of salinity <br />at or below 1972 levels. <br /> <br />We thank you for the opportunIty to review this draft document. <br />Very truly yours, <br /> <br />FOR DIRECTOR, WATER QUALITY CONTROL DIVISIOH <br />156 <br /> <br />Kenneth W. Webb, P.!., ChIef <br /> <br />r~~j~ <br /> <br />f:~i~ <br /> <br />'1~s}~1; <br /> <br />