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8443
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Narrows Unit
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
3/31/1983
Title
News Articles and Press Releases related to the Narrows Unit
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<br />He" Ju~~C::ites H_abitat <br />in Bloc. Platte Dam <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />, , ' <br />By Fred Thomas <br />World-Herald Swf Writer <br /> <br />Public Service Co. of Colorado, the <br />srate's largest power company, and <br />Riverside Irrigation Distnct sought to <br />build a dam and reservoir on Wildcat <br />Creek containing 6O,O'lJ acre-feet of wa. <br />,ter. The water would be used to cool <br />the company's nearby Pawnee Power <br />Plant and to irrigate cropland of RiY' <br />erside members. <br /> <br />from the river and allow vegetation to <br />encroach in the habnat area. (he spon- <br />sors could mechanically remove a cer- <br />tain amount of vegetation to compen- <br />sate {or the encroachment. <br /> <br />Ralher than follow either ailernalive, <br />Public Service Co. and Riverside de- <br />cided to challenge the corps' right to <br />jurisdiction over a project that already <br />had been issued a waler right by the <br />Two Alternatives State of Colorado, <br />, The sponsors sought a corps 404 per- Colorado and several irrigation dis- <br />mit, required when anyone proposes to tricts joined Public Service Co. and, <br />do dredging and filling in a river, The Riverside in their lawsuit. The National <br />corps refused the original plans and Wildlife Federation sided with the <br />,gave the sponsors two alternatiyes: corps. <br />replace water used by the project so ' 'Setbacldor Water'Use' <br />" the South Plane would maintain its cur.' In a Ill-page opinion, Kane said that <br />rent now inlO Ihe critical habitat area under the Clean Water ,Act and the En. <br />or improve the critical habitat area, dangered Species Act, the corps must <br />On the laner, U,S, Fish and Wildlife consider the effect 'of dams on the enyi- <br />Service officials rec('Immended that rooment. <br />since the project would take water Public Service Co. spokesman Ray <br />, Gomez called the ruling "a setback for <br />us and all other water. users in the Slale <br />of Colorado," The "Associated Press <br />reponed, "It's still our position that the <br /> <br />A federal judge has ruled that the <br />Army ,C<>I1>" 01 Engineers can block <br />construction of a dam in Colorado's <br />South Plane River basin unless spon. <br />50rs compensate for its impact on hab- <br />itat of endangered whooping cranes <br />downstream on the Platte in Nebraska. <br />The ruling'likely will have an effect <br />(m other proposed water diversions on <br />the Plane, authorities said. <br />They commented following U.S. Dis- <br />trict Judge John Kane's ruling in Den. <br />ver that the corps was correct in reject- <br />ing a permit to build a dam on a South <br />Plane tributary near Brush, Cofo., be- <br />cause plans did not mitigate damage <br />the waler diversion wouJd have on a 5J.. <br />mile-long "critical habitat" area for <br />cranes and other waterfowl tn east-<:.en- <br />tral Nebraska, <br /> <br />..Jr.. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />corps doesn't have the authonty to de- <br />cide how much water can be provided <br />downstream in Nebraska." <br />, Irrigation district attorney Gregory <br />Hobbs said the ruling "almost definite- <br />ly" would be appealed. <br />Wildlife federation attorney Pat Par. <br />enteau lold The' World. Herald from <br />Washington the ruling could affect <br />other proposed diversions of water that' <br />nows past the critical habitat area. <br />, The ruling upheld the view that if <br />sponsors of a project seek a pennit to <br />dam waters of the United States, "they <br />must meet minimum stan""dards to pro- <br />tect endangered species," Parenteau <br />said, <br /> <br />Solve Habitat Question <br />He said the ,ruling also reinforces the <br />view that "stale and federal agencies <br />and private interests need to come to- <br />gether and face the question of how <br />critical habitat can be maintained and <br />still deyelop projects. We have to SlOp <br />the war of aUritio" over water diver- <br />sions from the Plane," <br />Seyeral other projects are In the <br /> <br />pianning stage In either Nebraska, Colo- <br />rado or Wyoming that would diyen wa. <br />ter flowing past the critical habitat <br />area. <br /> <br />The closest [0 start construction is <br />the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's plan <br />10 build the Narrows Unit on the South <br />Plane near Fan Morgan, Colo. Nar. <br />rows wouJd provide irrigation water <br />and would' control flooding. A hearing is <br />scheduled Aug, 30 in Fort Morgan on its <br />environmental impact. <br />George Stapleton, bureau spokes. <br />man, told The World-Herald from <br />Denver that bureau and U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service officials alreadv are <br />consulting on ways to mitigate the ,m. <br />pact of Narrows' diversion on whooping <br />crane habitat. <br /> <br />OMA~A \N"-H <br />'2./3/83 <br /> <br />C-I'3 <br />
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