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<br />OOOJ~~ <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I <br /> <br />Proposed Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I <br />Purpose and Need ....................................................... I <br />Background Infonnation .................................................. I <br />National Irrigation Water Quality Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 <br /> <br />Public Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 <br /> <br />CHAPTER II -ALTERNATIVES AND THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 <br /> <br />Alternatives ............................................................ 4 <br />Evaluation of Alternatives .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 <br />Preferred Alternative ...................................................... 5 <br />Environmental Commitments .............................................. 6 <br /> <br />CHAPTER III - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENTIENVIRONMENT AL CONSEQUENCES ...7 <br /> <br />General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 <br />Recreation Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 <br />Land Use and Vegetation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 <br />Fish and Wildlife Resources ............................................... 8 <br />Threatened and Endangered Species ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 <br />Water Rights and Water Uses ............................................. II <br />Historical and Cultural Resources .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II <br /> <br />Indian Trust Assets ..................................................... II <br />Environmental Justice ................................................... II <br />Summary and Environmental Commitments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II <br /> <br />CHAPTER IV - CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.. .. . ... ... .... .. ... ... .. .13 <br /> <br />General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 <br />Review Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment ........................ 13 <br />Distribution List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 <br /> <br />REFERENCES CITED ........................................................ 15 <br /> <br />FIGURES <br />Locator Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Frontispiece Map <br />Figure I - Project Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 <br /> <br />TABLES <br />Table I - Screened Options........................................................................................... 16 <br />Table 2 - Summary of potential impacts associated with the two alternatives evaluated in <br />this environmental document. Alternative I "No AClion" and Alternative 2 "Pipe and <br />Dilute" for the Orchard Mesa Wildlife Area, Mesa County, Colorado............................ 12 <br /> <br />APPENDIX A - Distribution Mailing List <br />